"President Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged his commitment to a full recovery from floods that struck south Louisiana this month, leaving 13 people dead and thousands more displaced.
"You’re not alone on this," Obama said, standing in the driveway of a Zachary home that took three feet of water. "Even after the TV cameras leave, the whole country is going to continue to support you and help you until we get folks back in their homes and lives are rebuilt.
"The reason I can say that with confidence is because that's what Americans do in times like this," he said.
Obama spent about an hour meeting with flood victims in the Castle Place subdivision in Zachary, just north of Baton Rouge."
Elizabeth Crisp reports for the Baton Rouge Advocate August 23, 2016.
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Source: Baton Rouge Advocate, 08/24/2016
