大约十年前,卡特里娜飓风夺走了我的家园。那时候,我是副州长米西·兰德鲁(Mitch Landrieu)的办公室主任,与墨西哥湾沿岸的成千上万居民一样经历了家园流失。然而,尽管暴风雨之后的那些日日月月非常悲惨和艰难,我们却有着一个共同的心愿:重建家园。重建我们的家园,重建我们的城市,重建我们的经济。我们面临的挑战是重建一个我们热爱的城市,一个有着悠久历史和文化的城市,与此同时,又要 About ten years ago, Hurricane Katrina took my homeland. At that time, I was the chief of staff of lieutenant governor Mitch Landrieu, experiencing the same loss of home as thousands of inhabitants of the Gulf Coast. However, despite the tragic and difficult days of the day after the storm, we share a common aspiration to rebuild our homeland. Rebuild our homeland, rebuild our city and rebuild our economy. The challenge we face is to rebuild a city we love, a city with a long history and culture, and, at the same time,