PRAIRIE GROVE, Ark. — This year marks two decades since Hurricane Katrina made landfall, wiping out areas around Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and beyond. Prairie Grove’s Mayor David Faulk lived just outside New Orleans at the time. Now, he's sharing his experience.

Before he was mayor of Prairie Grove, David Faulk and his family were living in Chalmette, Louisiana, about a five-minute drive from New Orleans. They left just two days before Katrina made landfall on Aug. 29, 2005.

“There were people that stood behind and lost families. There were people that had to escape by rooftops and wait for National Guard helicopters to come in. There were people who lived in [the] Superdome. While I was up here enjoying Northwest Arkansas, they were just trying to find a bottle of water,” Faulk said.

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