Thursday, September 3, 2015

Air Force Veteran Reunited with Child He Rescued After Hurricane Katrina

''Katrina Girl' Found: Air Force Vet to Reunite With Child He Rescued
NBC New York
September 3, 2015

It has been 10 years since former Air Force pararescuer Mike Maroney rescued a then three-year-old girl from the despair of Hurricane Katrina. A military photographer captured the little girl in a pink shirt smiling and hugging Maroney in a widely shared 2005 image.

Her hug "recharged me and gave me a little bit of a silver lining and some hope…that kept me going through rough times," Maroney told People magazine of the moment. But after the rescue, the two never saw each other.
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