The Show Must Go On

Salvage Operation
David Callaway carrys wood past Mardi Gras floats that were damaged by Hurricane Katrina in the roofless warehouse of Massett and Company, Inc. in New Orleans's Ninth Ward. Massett and Company, a supplier and maintainer of Mardi Gras floats, is operating with only six people working instead of the normal 40 this time of year.

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