The Inner Harbor Navigation Canal barrier is protecting vulnerable communities, like the Lower 9th Ward, from dangerous storm surge. Located on Lake Borgne, the 26-foot-tall, 1.8-mile-long protective infrastructure was constructed by the Army Corps of Engineers post-Hurricane Katrina.
The family of Bryan Vasquez finally received answers Tuesday, after the United Cajun Navy located the 12-year-old’s body in a lagoon in New Orleans East.
Police say the two women took the man to a residential neighborhood where another man was waiting, an accomplice, who threatened the victim and robbed him