Anderson revisits horrific memory covering Hurricane Katrina 20 years ago

Anderson Cooper revisits horrific moment covering Hurricane Katrina 20 years ago

Anderson revisits horrific memory covering Hurricane Katrina 20 years ago

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While reporting on Hurricane Katrina in 2005, CNN’s Anderson Cooper witnessed a dead person atop a vehicle on a flooded street in New Orleans. That person turned out to be Jerry Peters. Cooper visits with Peters’ nephew Pastor Jerry Darby in this deeply emotional story. Watch a new series “New Orleans: Soul of a City” premiering Sunday, October 5 at 10pm ET/PT -- and running for four weeks.

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Anderson Cooper revisits horrific moment covering Hurricane Katrina 20 years ago

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