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Trymaine. >> reporter: think about 1,800 people who died as a result of the floodwaters and the storm. 30,000 or so rescued. there's indeed been much progress made in the city. that progress hasn't come without much sacrifice. the gaping holes left in new orleans landscape by buildings and houses washed away in hurricane katrina are only one aspect that's been lost. more than the physical wounds some survivors wrestle with emotional and psychological scars. >> it took me eight years to go home. i couldn't go over body ofs water without seeing body. >> reporter: la kreesh yeah phillips was forc...

While it's a moment to celebrate the city as a whole has kind of risen, there's still so much struggle in the black community. you think about the new school system. there are 26,000 young people between the ages of 16 to 24 who are not in school or not working. on one hand they tout the new school system and say they've done it with little displacement. clearly whole communities of young people have been displaced. people continue to talk about the disparities. >> let's take a quick break and return to new orleans in a minute. more with trymaine lee from new orleans including the progress mad...