NEW ORLEANS —

It was a photograph seen across the world.

A New Orleans father, holding his son who was weak from lack of food and water, confronts National Guard members outside the dangerous Superdome following Hurricane Katrina. Advertisement

That boy is now 28 years old. His name is Allay Earhart.

Earhart, an artist who was just eight years old during Hurricane Katrina, remembers the harrowing experience of being carried by his father while confronting the National Guard in the storm's aftermath.

"I was getting super dehydrated because for several days I wasn't eating or drinking," Earhart said. "I just remember fainting. Passing out."

The iconic photo of Earhart and his father, Alvin Williams, became a symbol of the struggle faced by thousands of New Orleanians waiting for gover

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