Katrina Kid Shares Dramatic Hurricane Survival Story
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2015
- Kenyon Dunbar was 14 years old when Hurricane Katrina struck.
Now, a decade later, he walks us through the New Orleans neighborhood he and his family escaped after the storm.
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These people witness things you guys probably won't ever witness in your lifetime. The things that was happening down here was horrific and mind blowing. Imagine dead bodies all around you floating in the water and bumping up against your legs. It's devastating!!
Yes it was horrific. I live in the suburbs right outside of New Orleans and our family didn’t evacuate either. In New Orleans they bury the dead above ground because they are below sea level but my city is above sea level so one can be buried underground. My city is right off lake pontchartrain. It’s called Slidell. You just cross a bridge and you’re in Nola but a lot of Slidell also went under water and that made the graves come up. We rode around after the hurricane was over and coffins were all over. Some open but most of them not but it was still very creepy to see.
@@chelseamiranda6651 I’m familiar with most of Slidell and that area too I used to run i-10 & 20 through both the top or bottom of LA to get to Texas. Regular rainfall creeps me out cause it’s flash flooding.
It is horrific but he said nothing about bodies bumping up against your legs…. Like what…. The water was so deep they wouldn’t be bumping your legs that was a stupid comment…. Like really stupid but anyways my prayers go out the people who experienced this
very sad, the way people were hurting and murdering each other, and losing hope, so glad this young man and his family got out, thats just horrific what he witnessed
i spent 4 days stuck in an attic then on top of a roof. we were rescued by people in boats and brought to the super dome. i then spent 5 days in the super dome. i’ll never forget the smell. he was right. i remember when they found 2 girls murdered in the walk in freezer. i remember not knowing if some people were dead or alive. i was 6 years old almost 7. the sound of silence and then finally hearing boat motors.
What?!!! 🧐😳🙏🏾
I am so sorry you went thru that at such a young age
Did they ever found out who murdered them and their parents??
😢😢😢horrifying 😢😢may Jesus Christ heal and comfort you
Wyd you up?
Powerful Story....but Katrina survivors should have never suffer like that not when you reside in one of the richest countries in the world. what a sad reality
Ren S Politicians and most people in general don't give a F#@% about disaster survivors it's a great money maker for them though. I lost everything in 05'Katrina and again in 2016 by a 9ft flash flood. FEMA played games with me for 5 months promising a trailer for me and my autistic 2 y.o.. Trailers that tax payers are charged $135,000. Each.. I didn't get a penny of help both disasters.
Ren S they shouldn't have, but they were told to get out and many defied that warning, like they do in all hurricanes. Its hard to reach survivors after the shit hits
Ren S I live on a big island. And my biggest worry is a hurricane hitting us. We are prayer warriors so the mercy of God has Spears is for the longest time. But I fear for my people. I don’t know if the government would really help. And I mean our own government. Is scary.
Yes we do live in a rich country but us people in Louisiana have some of the poorest economy and unfortunately the poor keep getting poorer and the rich keep getting richer, and if you’re black you’re really fucked....And what’s sad is people come down here to New Orleans and only come and see the French quarter where business is booming but you only have to go a couple of blocks over and it’s poverty everywhere homeless people sleeping everywhere it’s fucking disgusting and breaks my heart
New Orleans is just like any shit hole city in the country. It’s run and governed by Democrats. When you live in a city that’s 9-12 feet below sea level you get the hell out for a cat 3or5 hurricane. If there’s a will there’s a way. Don’t wait till last minute. It’s a hurricane not a tornado
I was there at 14, i definitely remember it.. from August 29 til Sept 3, won’t ever forget it.. from staying home, hiding in the closet until going to the convention center and sleeping outside for days….
😢 Jesus bless you
I hope things worked out after that. I'm surprised no one has written a book.about what really happened in the Dome during the hurricane. I've heard bits and pieces over the years. I live in the NorthEast Corridor, and I have to rely on what news comes my way. Most of the very negative stuff i did hear was that black people were being shot at and killed and then referred to as looters and troublemakers. This is what chaos brings.
This show you how a human, will treat another human, very sad.
@d_tha_great 504 yea I got family out that way over towards Mississippi but I stayed up watching the news updates on the night Katrina made landfall so know that I am glad you made it through brother
I still cant believe this could happen. These people dont deserve this, not at all.
Kenyon you are so brave!! I hope life is treating you well. God bless...
"Katrina kid" yall couldn't add this name in the title?
Katrina destroyed so many families. I'm thankful you told your story and made it out.
no person doesnt deserve to go through this.
That is crazy how a storm could make a city a prison armageddon
Much less a major city in the year 2005
God bless this young man...
Took 5 days to get water to the super dome...
Never forget that when you think the government is looking out for you 🤘🏻
Like it’s truly disgusting kids dehydrated elderly with no food and water it’s so sad
I'm watching this for the first time. 2023. I would love to see Mr. Dunbar now and hear what his outlook is like now. You clearly see he's an articulate and focused as a younger man.
New Orleans had a lot of suffering and pain
You can see the pain in his eyes 💔
I am so sorry y'all went through this devastation. My heart and prayers to All that suffered through this. God Bless y'all
Kenyon Dunbar Thank you for making this video. It is the truth and the horrible reality of what really happened.
this should have more views. Good job RS.
Brave young man at 14when this happened. God's grace is with you and your family. Pray you're well today.
Him and his family was so lucky, when we got the the bridge trying to leave, they turned us around.. some people even got killed by police while trying to cross smh.. i am still not sure why they was holding us there, but they did not allow us to leave
I remember that and the footage leaked of Army personal shooting people on the brigde and the media were covering it up and tried to act like they were criminals looting or something when people were waving their hands for help
I don’t understand why y’all couldn’t leave
I'm from New Orleans and so is my mom she told me that she was 21 when it hit just a couple days after her birthday. She lived in kenner and they evacuated to Boston and it was crazy.
That was deep
I remember this so well ! Unbelievable that they were not helped !
Someone should work with him to create a screenplay for his story. There was a lot packed in there in the way of details about the Katrina experience you simply don’t hear out of mainstream media.
Thoughts and prayers Kenyon.
Such a tragedy.
Now this is sad this broke my heart
I am from New Orleans and lived in New Orleans before during and after Katrina and that was the most horrific shit i ever saw still till this day
It’s like the same story every time. Grandma didn’t want to leave and then boom.
I can relate to this dude story so much…. I stayed in the east and i really do remember all of this. We didn’t even go inside the convention center…. And i remember that family jumping.. Itz crazy that i am seeing this
They commit suicide or they were trying to leave?
@@antwanwilson7228jumping off a bridge is suicide 😐
I'm so happy conya west had the guts to say what the rest of us knew deep down in our hearts but couldn't say ourselves..." Bush don't give a fuck about black folks " after he said that FINALLY BUSH GOT OFF HIS ADS
My fly who lived in New Orleans almost didn’t leave the city. They were oblivious to the warnings of category 4-5. They were mad their local media were ill_informing. In the meantime, my son and many citizens hooked up boats, jet skis and supplies to help in the rescue of the many stranded. While launching, they were confronted by “cops” and FEMA Natzis, threatening arrest and confiscation of boats. Simple country folks sprung into action. (It was the beginning of the un-official Cajun Navy until somebody tried to mock em by trying to monetizing and become famous by claiming to be the creator and starting a go fund me monopoly!!!) They were all sent home devastated!
It was heart wrenching to see soo much needless suffering!!! Planned? In my opinion, You Betcha!!!
That breaks my heart but just knowing they had empathy and were TRYING to help others will never be forget
In the worst of times true colors of people come out. They either become evil or become heroes like you and all of those people who helped. Jesus bless you❤
Wow a family jumped lord Jesus
Thats so sad. Hello from California
I'm so sad
6:55 Blessed 🙏🏽
Thank you for sharing your testimony and strength.
God Bless You Young Man🙏🏽✝️✨💜
I stayed in that building for a few days when i was traveling back in 2015. It was very weird because it felt the same way it did in 2005 in houston when the storm hit is a bit as well as rita.
I’m ashamed to say that the police that prevented people from just walking out of the city where from my own home parish Jefferson. Truly amazed by his story.
The bridge family part made my hair stand on end.
I hope this guy is doing well now. That’s got to stay with you.
The United States should be ASHAMED
@Unvaccinated Anticommunist no the way this disaster was handled no one was even allowed to leave New Orleans the police stopped them the government did essentially nothing
i agree. “georgia bush” and “tie my hands” by lil wayne describes this situation perfectly. i hate the country i live in tbh. i fucking hate the racism. my girlfriend is black. i’ve witnessed so much racism towards her and it pisses me off. i feel like the situation was handled like shit because the majority of residents in new Orleans is black. they truly don’t deserve that shit.
This is so sad 😭😢😵😷
What an awful thing to experience, and I feel so much shame and grief that our country let this happen to so many people, and that so many people offered justifications for letting it happen. I will try to take action to make sure this never happens again. God's blessings to you, Kenyon, I hope that wherever you are, you're doing well.
And they wonder why kids from 14-25 are committing crimes etc. down here.
You are right
And this happend in a major city smh
They did, still do. No jobs no assistance, set up trucks manipulate stress fights at school pick with our kids.
This is absolutely the most embarrassing shit ever; America and those in charge at the time should be ashamed...... Discussing. Embarrassing...
Complete bullshit
No excuses.
Awful failure on every level of government. So glad you were able to survive.
Strong people . People talk about gangster ... these are real survivors and warriors
I was here everything was f
sorry can't spell. no person deserves to go through this..
I was only 1 week old
I Jesus name I salute y'all god is so god
Omg why would the family commit suicide.
I’ll never fucking forgive the American govt for allowing this to happen.
My husband is from here and he told me they bombed the levees
Damn
Crazy how they left some people to die
I dont think people realized the magnitude of the situation. Alot people that didnt leave either didnt have the means or resources to leave. Elderly, the sick. People did have the money. August is the hardest time. When the mayor is telling people to go to the super dome for shelter. You think the city had things under control. No they didnt. When the water came pouring in. It's the worst nightmare. People were scared, desperate. Our government failed everyone. Its was unnecessary and a cruel act of humanity to let people die and be trapped . The horrific nature if it all. I almost didnt make out before the storm. I almost want to the super dome. At the last minute on sunday by the grace of god was able to leave. Coming back home months later. It smelled terrible. It Had a dark foreboding feeling. You could feel and hear it. The cries and screams. Still after 18 years it wears its scars. You can still feel the unrest of the darkness that followed. Anyone that wants judge or disbelief. You never will understand the true nature of this. His is just one of the many that saw the events of the devastation. God bless him and his family. ❤
Praise Jesus, he is the one who was there for you.
Wow
Y they didn’t want ppl to leave? If they weren’t offering the needed assistance
New Orleans East is almost abandoned now
New Orleans East is not what it use to be like before Katrina. New Orleans East was safe but after Katrina it got dangerous just like any other areas in New Orleans.
A lot of us aint had no money to leave
Katrina changed how these things are handled. The National Guard is on standby in the communities. There are better efforts to provide assistance with evacuation and they ship supplies near and power companies from surrounding states come in as well as paramedics. Katrina was a total failure and I fully believe that even a third world country could have done better. Laws were changed and procedures were reviewed and changed. Sadly things are headed back towards the way they were pre Katrina. They are using FEMA funding for everything other than what it is meant for and other than the policies regarding accepting pets during evacuation (as many people stayed because of their fur family) I see issues like Katrina and PR in our future. The Gov is creating so much debt and is so corrupt that when they are done we wont have the ability to handle a puddle
the young men should havbe been told by hes parents that folks were evacuating
well i mean its not like coast guard are supposed where u r, ps even if they did tough it takes time for them to get to your loation
THEY NEVER CAME -- EVEN AFTER 4 DAYS -- THEY NEVER CAME
I bet he's a prepper now
reality of being poor
Everybody not rich
I hope the lord don’t punish you
this young man needs therapy
No family jumped off the bridge man get out of hrrr
you were there ?
Look it up it was on the news
I believe it was planned, but why???? Why was it planned?
the people that run America are beyond sick and want to wipe us out or totally enslave us.
they didn't let out prisoners during Katrina
So he stayed when they were told to leave because the storm was coming.
They chilled at the center, and then casually left in a car.
Umm, why not just leave when they say leave?
I know this comment was 9 months ago but since no one answered I will. He was 14 years old when Katrina hit, I don’t think he had much say so. Plus the mayor didn’t call for a mandatory evacuation until it was basically upon us.. katrina went from a tropical storm to a cat 3 in 24 hours then a cat 5 the next day.. not to mention evacuating is expensive af, many hotels will price gouge and good luck finding one that isn’t at full capacity anywhere around you..we had less than 24 hours to leave and no one was trying to be stuck in their cars in traffic during a hurricane. Not to mention we legit rode out so many storms before this since forever ago…no one anticipated it to be as bad as it was. He wasn’t just “chilling” at some center they were trapped there for days with no food, no water people were dropping like flies, death all around.. stop being ignorant it’s not a good look..I stayed as well and the shit that went down during and after Katrina were things you’ve only seen in a movie about the end of the world.. and for many of us, it actually was. May they all rest in peace.
where was weezy to help these people
he made multiple songs about it and actually did help. trust me, he cared and still does.
F
Why wouldn’t they let people leave .. where they trying to kill them ?
Katrine was a man made thing. For those of you that didn’t know, New Orleans used to be called “chocolate city” because there was mainly us black folks there, basically was known as a black town. The government purposely destroyed the levees to get the black folks gone! Why do you think downtown of New Orleans didn’t flood as much? Because that’s where the white wealthy people stayed! When the black folks were trying to evacuate the police stood against them with guns & etc making them stay! They were held accountability and couldn’t do anything about it. The families suffered with no food water etc and was left to die.
Exactly facts!
THOSE BASTARDS!!!
My buddy moved his family up to Arkansas during Katrina. They were idiots that were going to ride it out. Should have started walking when they issued the evacuation. These are not tornadoes.
They didn’t issue a mandatory evacuation until the storm was basically on top of us.. surrounding parishes didn’t issue a mandatory at all. We’ve rode out many storms in the past but the way this storm intensified basically in a day (tropical storm to a cat 5) , not sure why your friend tried moving during it but in his defense, since I stayed as well.. The average family here has enough supplies to get you through a couple days, a week tops but even the best preppers out there found out rather quickly flood waters gives 0 f*cks.. no one anticipated the outcome of this nor was anyone prepared for it and we damn sure weren’t ready for the apocalyptic events that took place during and after Katrina.
😠😡
I think it was perfect personally done because they try to run black people out of New Orleans they bust that damn FRFR
our black community have lost our way we use to know to fish hunt for food make camp 🔥 now we rely on geocy stores for food
Exactly......and if we can dont know how to do those things then you cannot talk about no Revolt
Baby Doll you’re right. Our survival skills are non existent but what it takes is for people to really pull the community together and teach them what to do in a crisis and how to survive
Yup but we still survive
@@esheshsubs5162 we still survive.
Mane 80% of neworleans was under water
Why would people stay when they told them to leave
some people cant leave like the poor
People chose to stay. They had stayed before in most of the storms. The Dome was home. It was a shelter of refuge to those that couldn't or wouldn't leave. People started being dropped off by family members days before the storm. This was nothing new.
it’s out home we didn’t kno it was gunna b dat bad yu hurd meh. We survived hurricanes b4 bt this shyt right chea was different
@@datboykrazy8616 people not from New Orleans just won’t understand
@@Colorizedmj fucking facts
Never be dependent on the government, ever. That’s what caused most of these people’s issues.
Also, this guy is dead wrong. The Coast Guard saved hundreds with helicopters.
Idk. I met and knew a lot of refugees that went through hurricane Katrina and they all collectively said the helicopters were not helping save them or other people
One documentary a guy said the coast guard repeatedly flew pass his building until he gatherd up some of the elderly whitefolks and put them on the roof then the helicopters came to rescue them.
I will believe some one who was there over someone observing events on their TV screen..
@@esheshsubs5162 It would help if you wouldn't call Katrina Victims Refugees.
I was hooked, until he said the area looked staged.
Um...that's how water flows. That why some areas were under water and some weren't.
But I do feel for this guy. Katrina was not a fun time. Memories are ingrained in me.
I think he means the levee. they knew it wouldn't hold up to that type of storm but did nothing about it. living that far south and knowing what type of hurricanes we have, they could've replaced them years before. guess he feels because the area is predominantly black, they didn't give a shit.
Maybe that is what he meant. It was when he saw that some areas were flooded and others weren't that led me to believe that he didn't understand how water flowed. I'm from New Orleans too.
Emily D. I get what you're saying too. Were you there when it happened?
I was living there at the time, yes. I was 17 and I had evacuated with my family to Baton Rouge one or two days before the storm came.
Emily D. oh okay. I live in Alabama. we didn't get any damage in my area but there was several people who moved here after the storm. New Orleans is great. love the people and culture
Reports seeing a whole family jump to death off a bridge? At the same time??& Saw a lil murdered girl in a freezer?
DID HE THO?? CREATIVE STORY BUT ... DID HE THO?
Why would he make it up? 🤨
That’s not something to lie about I think he’s telling the truth
Yea dude I'm trying to find that story somewhere and I can't I think he's lying for publicity
Theres several people who did come out though and said they found 2 murdered girls in the freezer matter fact there's another commentor on here who said she recalls being there and hearing the news of the murdered little girls in the freezer
Ah yes an aspiring rap artist giving his thoughts, very deep.
Perpetual victims
Blame grandma you didn't evacuate
he was a teenager you weirdo