In this Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012 file photo, Larry Bailey, center, found in floodwater caused by Hurricane Isaac, is helped to safety in Slidell. (AP Photo)
In this Sept. 11, 2012 photo provided by the American Red Cross, Brenda LaFlamme, left, waits outside Ochsner Medical Center-North Shore in Slidell, La., with Deborah Kemp, of Ann Arbor, Mich., a volunteer with the American Red Cross Safe and Well program-
Breaking News: After Isaac Coverage
A $4.5 million federal grant has been awarded to Jefferson Parish to help with costs for cleaning up debris created by Hurricane Isaac's high winds and flooding.more>> A $4.5 million federal grant has been awarded to Jefferson Parish to help with costs for cleaning up debris created by Hurricane Isaac's high winds and flooding.more>> Cat Island's name causes some confusion with the more famous island of the name in Mississippi. However, that could be academic soon as the island in Barataria Bay is vanishing before our eyes.
more>> Cat Island's name causes some confusion with the more famous island of the name in Mississippi. However, that could be academic soon as the island in Barataria Bay is vanishing before our eyes.
more>> Life in Delacroix is slowly returning to normal.more>> Life in Delacroix is slowly returning to normal.more>> Plaquemines Parish will receive a $13.7 million federal grant to help ensure the parish's continued economic recovery following Hurricane Isaacmore>> Plaquemines Parish will receive a $13.7 million federal grant to help ensure the parish's continued economic recovery following Hurricane Isaacmore>> A hard-hit North Shore community is recovering from the August hurricane, but work remains.more>> A hard-hit North Shore community is recovering from the August hurricane, but work remains.
more>> The Small Business Administration will take over operation of a disaster recovery center set up in New Orleans after Hurricane Isaac.more>> The Small Business Administration will take over operation of a disaster recovery center set up in New Orleans after Hurricane Isaac.more>> Southeastern Louisiana's new levees and flood walls were not responsible for flooding areas outside the system during Hurricane Isaac, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study concludes.more>> Southeastern Louisiana's new levees and flood walls were not responsible for flooding areas outside the system during Hurricane Isaac, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study concludes.more>> Residents of Waveland and nearby communities fear new structure would pile more water onto them.more>> Residents of Waveland and nearby communities fear new structure would pile more water onto them.more>> Unless coastal land loss is slowed or reversed, South Louisiana could become even more vulnerable to relatively "minor" tropical storms and hurricanes.more>> Unless coastal land loss is slowed or reversed, south Louisiana could become even more vulnerable to relatively "minor" tropical storms and hurricanes.
more>> Hurricane Isaac nearly wiped out islands in Cat Bay.more>> Hurricane Isaac nearly wiped out islands in Cat Bay.more>>
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Kaylon Marshall is waiting for a new heart, but that isn't keeping him from reaching his goals, and completing high school.more>> Kaylon Marshall is waiting for a new heart, but that isn't keeping him from reaching his goals, and completing high school.more>> An elite emergency response team is gearing up, brushing up on lifesaving techniques that have been used in Hurricanes Katrina to Isaac.more>> An elite emergency response team is gearing up, brushing up on lifesaving techniques that have been used in Hurricanes Katrina to Isaac.more>> Agents converged on the office on Thursdaymore>> Agents converged on the office on Thursdaymore>> St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain has a new chief deputy.
more>> St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain has a new chief deputy.
more>> Police are looking for 11-year-old Tationa Youngblood who was last seen Friday night around 9:30 p.m. in the 9200 block of Paula Court.more>> Police are looking for 11-year-old Tationa Youngblood who was last seen Friday night around 9:30 p.m. in the 9200 block of Paula Court.more>> The NOPD is looking for this woman for questioning in an aggravated battery in the 2100 block of South Claiborne on May 19.
more>> The NOPD is looking for this woman for questioning in an aggravated battery in the 2100 block of South Claiborne on May 19.
more>> The New Orleans Police Department needs your assistance in locating 54-year-old Patricia Brumfield, who is diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and is desperately in need of her medication.more>> The New Orleans Police Department needs your assistance in locating 54-year-old Patricia Brumfield, who is diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and is desperately in need of her medication.more>> Residents and companies in Plaquemines Parish are being asked to place all remaining debris from Hurricane Isaac on the roadside by Monday.more>> Residents and companies in Plaquemines Parish are being asked to place all remaining debris from Hurricane Isaac on the roadside by Monday.more>> A California man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for his role in a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicare and Medicaid more than $21 million for medical tests at New Orleans area clinics.
more>> A California man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for his role in a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicare and Medicaid more than $21 million for medical tests at New Orleans area clinics.
more>> "As part of the announcement today, NOPD announced that Commander Edwin Hosli has been reinstated to full duty following the close of local and federal investigations into the red light traffic camera detail."more>> "Today the New Orleans Police Department announced the realignment of several Police Commanders... As part of the announcement today, NOPD announced that Commander Edwin Hosli has been reinstated to full duty following the close of local and federal investigations into the red light traffic camera detail."more>>
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - When a Florida man saw a news photo of a man rescued from Hurricane Isaac's floodwaters, he was sure it was his brother. It wasn't - but the mistaken identity started a search that ultimately reunited that homeless man with the two daughters he hadn't seen in 16 years.
The saga began Aug. 30, when The Associated Press published a photograph of the soaked, bearded man being helped by two rescuers in Slidell after he nearly drowned, swept away in waist-deep water. Although he has since been identified as 60-year-old Larry Bailey, his identity was then unknown.
Bailey has since relocated to a nursing home to be treated for bipolar disorder and alcoholism. One daughter came to visit him earlier this month. The other, Heather Atkinson, says she now speaks to her father daily.
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