Engulfed: Five years on, Lower Ninth Ward still recovering

Monday, July 19, 2010 | 10:21 a.m. CDT; updated 12:42 p.m. CDT, Monday, July 19, 2010

NEW ORLEANS — Every morning, Shirley Livers — wife, mother, cancer survivor and retired security guard — goes to her front porch to watch the comings and goings of all the cars, birds and people in her Lower Ninth Ward neighborhood.

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