to do about that? >> that's why we're trying to get the word out. >> reporter: as a gesture to the community now grieving for him, kruse's family thought it would be best for his boat to be brought back here to home port in orange beach. here it is, the rookie. no better way that they could think of, to pay tribute to a man who loved what he did for a living and loved the waters where he worked. it's the rookie's final voyage, carrying a cargo of uncertainty and sorrow. david mattingly, cnn, orange beach, alabama. >> allen kruse was just 55 years old. up next, a family-run business right here in new orleans now in jeopardy. they've been distributing oysters here since 1876. then came the bp spill and everything has changed. also ahead tonight, lenny kravitz. he has a house here in new orleans, a message and the disaster and the resiliency of this city.