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Being able to get out. one thing i also mention about him, he was a nonswimmer. >> he didn't know how to swim. >> didn't swim at all and deathly afraid of water. >> jerry peters body was recovered on september 11th when the family got word that pastor darby was devastated. they didn't know how he died or how he ended up floating in the water six blocks from his home. pastor darby didn't know his uncle's body was found on top of a car until now. >> i saw your uncle and i was worried, as a reporter, that i didn't want family members seeing their loved ones on television. i thought so much about ...

Just on some heap pile, you know. >> to not be able to put a name to the person was one of the things that always struck me as particularly painful. so to be able to finally put a name to your uncle is for me powerful. ♪ ten years after katrina, jerry peters remains very much alive in the hearts of those who knew him and loved him. they remember the way he lived his life, not just how his life came to an end. ♪ not every victim of the storm died in the floodwaters. some thought they were being taken to safety. some believed they had been promised help. and would find horror in the one plac...

>> he was chubby and even among his brothers and sisters everyone called him fat. that was his name. >> this is jerry peters dressed as a mardi gras indian, the only photo of him that survived the storm. jerry grew up in new orleans, one of 11 kids and he had two children of his own. >> what was your uncle like? >> very loving person, very supportive. he was my baseball coach, of course. >> he taught you how play. >> taught me to play baseball, football. already the mo >> the morning of the storm, he called his uncle. the if rest of the family were evacuating to houston. it was the last time h...