Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: After the Storm - Mississippi

Special. Aired 03.23.06.

The Hurricane Katrina Memorial.

Memorial dedicated to the MS Gulf Coast victims who perished in Hurricane Katrina - the worst natural disaster to hit the United States on August 29, 2005.

The Memorial stands 12 feet tall, about the height of the water during Hurricane Katrina's storm surge at the Town Green, contains a tile inlay of a wave, a glass case containing various items from destroyed buildings, and the names of the 170 victims that perished during the storm.

This memorial was built by ABC's national television show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

http://www.gulf-coast.com/News/katrinamemorial.html