Lynette Boutte spent more than a decade rebuilding her life after Hurricane Katrina destroyed everything she had worked for. Now 77, the hairstylist and educator from New Orleans’ Tremé neighborhood has shared her story as part of a new documentary series marking 20 years since the deadly storm.
Boutte had purchased her building in 1995 and finished paying off the business loan just a decade later. She had recently taken out a lien on her property to cover repairs and install a new roof when Katrina struck in August 2005. The storm destroyed everything she had worked for in just three days.
