NEW ORLEANS - In the dark of dawn 65 miles south of this shatteredcity, several hundred people bowed their heads in silence, markingthe moment a year ago when the eye of Hurricane Katrina passedoverhead at 6:10 a.m.
The tiny town of Buras was swept into the Gulf of Mexico byKatrina, and hours later, New Orleans' crucial levees were breached,unleashing one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history,killing over 1,800 people, most in Louisiana.
One year later, the Gulf Coast commemorated the storm that broughtthe region to its breaking point.
"We're not well. We're not finished. But I will say this: We'vemade it. Let's move on. Let's move forward," Gulfport, …
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