NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — 20 years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, many are still reliving it.

People are using it as a day of healing and commemoration, marching through the streets of the lower Ninth Ward, where the levees broke.

"I'm always honored to come here and celebrate this thing every year. It's all my area. You know, I'll never forget it. I'll always remember," said lower Ninth Ward resident Ricky Gettridge.

The failure of the levee system led to huge amounts of the city being flooded for weeks, as thousands climbed onto rooftops to survive.

Lower Ninth Ward resident Valeria Schexnayder says some days she has to laugh, to stop from crying when she thinks of that horrific day 20 years ago.

"Feel like I'm still living in Katrina, I just don't have the water. You kn

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