ID lost to Hurricane Katrina is returned 20 years later

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Cathy Hamel, 69, lost everything she had in Hurricane Katrina. She was delighted to get back her freshman high school ID card that she lost 20 years ago in the storm. (Elizabeth Shadle)Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina decimated the coasts of Louisiana and Mississippi, few surprises continue to surface, but Becky Copeland has found one. Nearly 1,400 people died after Hurricane Katrina crashed into Louisiana and Mississippi. Hamel lost it when Hurricane Katrina completely demolished her home in Bay St. Louis, Miss.