San Diego volunteers restore photos for Katrina victims

By Dwane Brown / KPBS Evening Edition Anchor/Reporter, KPBS Public Broadcasting

Published April 10, 2006 at 9:00 PM PDT

This story was published more than 19 years ago.

Most of the families along the Gulf Coast were left with little more than memories after Hurricane Katrina. Whatever few photos left behind by the storm seemed beyond salvaging. But the story doesn't

Most of the families along the Gulf Coast were left with little more than memories after Hurricane Katrina. Whatever few photos left behind by the storm seemed beyond salvaging. But the story doesn't end there volunteers from Hewlett Packard in San Diego and elsewhere teamed up to restore hundreds of photos.
Dwane Brown spoke with Aaron Wilcox from HP in San Diego and John Broggi who lives in Chalmet, Louisiana by cell phone. Broggi describes what things looked like at his house after the storm.(click "listen" icon to hear the story)

Aaron Wilcox is from San Diego. He's one of 200 HP Volunteers from around the country who gave their time to restore hundreds of family photos destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. This is KPBS News I'm Dwane Brown

Dwane Brown

Brown started his career with KPBS in the early '90s as a radio anchor and reporter before expanding his broadcast news experience at CBS radio and television in New York. He’s been a news director, anchor, reporter and correspondent in San Francisco and has worked as a writer, producer, assignment editor and talk show host. He returned to KPBS in 2005. As the former anchor for KPBS Evening Edition, Brown provided an in-depth look at issues and stories relevant to San Diego. He spent nearly seven years as anchor/host of Morning Edition on KPBS Radio. Between 2006 and 2010, the San Diego Press Club named Brown "Best Morning Newscaster" in San Diego Radio. In 2006, the Society of Professional Journalists also named him "Best Morning Newscaster." During that time he managed and taught a two-week high school boot camp for aspiring radio reporters at KPBS in conjunction with the California Chicano News Media Association. Brown studied English/Journalism at San Diego State University and is a Fast Trac graduate from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. He’s a popular public speaker and Toastmaster International member. He’s been master of ceremonies for the American Red Cross, VA Medical Center San Diego, Urban League, San Diego Office of Emergency Services and numerous foundations. Brown is also a voice actor for movie, documentary, television, radio and Internet projects.

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San Diego volunteers restore photos for Katrina victims

Most of the families along the Gulf Coast were left with little more than memories after Hurricane Katrina. Whatever few photos left behind by the storm seemed beyond salvaging. But the story doesn't

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