LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — It's been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina, and Channel 13 is reflecting on how Las Vegas locals stepped up to help Louisiana in the aftermath. Some valley residents went to New Orleans to support recovery efforts. Others organized supply drives. The support came in a variety of forms.
For Crystal Webb, her way of helping is by shining a light on communities in need of help and by holding the powerful accountable. She discovered the calling after Katrina.
I sat down with the former KTNV producer and Las Vegas resident as she returned to the Channel 13 studio to reflect on the 20-year mark since Katrina devastated her hometown.
She grew up in New Orleans' lower Ninth Ward. She said she was just about to begin her first year of college at Loyola University New Orleans w