Surviving Katrina: eight years later

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Surviving Katrina: eight years later

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Keesler hosts Special Olympics Mississippi Summer Games

Airman Basic Zach Abraham and Airman 1st Class Lawrence Gerosa, 336th Training Squadron, cheer for their athlete, Perry May, as he plays a golfing game at the Special Olympics Mississippi Summer Games on May 11, 2013, at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. More than 900 athletes and 3,000 volunteers worked together to hold competitions throughout the day. This is the 27th year Keesler has hosted the state Special Olympics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Keesler hosts Special Olympics Mississippi Summer Games

Assisted by lifeguards, athletes compete in the 15-meter walk at the Special Olympics Mississippi Summer Games on May 11, 2013, at the Biloxi natatorium. More than 900 athletes and 3,000 volunteers worked together to hold competitions throughout the day. This is the 27th year Keesler has hosted the state Special Olympics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Keesler hosts Special Olympics Mississippi Summer Games

Reana, athlete, leaps into the air during the running long jump competition as her sponsors Airman Basic Timothy Weir, 338th Training Squadron, and Airman Jennifer Soucy, 334th TRS, cheer her on at the Special Olympics Mississippi Summer Games on May 11, 2013, at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. More than 900 athletes and 3,000 volunteers worked together to hold competitions throughout the day. This is the 27th year Keesler has hosted the state Special Olympics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Keesler hosts Special Olympics Mississippi Summer Games

Carl Blankenship, athlete, receives direction from Jose Fuertes, 81st Communications Squadron and volunteer, during the shot put competition at the Special Olympics Mississippi Summer Games on May 11, 2013, at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. More than 900 athletes and 3,000 volunteers worked together to hold competitions throughout the day. This is the 27th year Keesler has hosted the state Special Olympics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)