Vietnamese Shrimper

width="240" height="165" alt="IMG_0002.JPG" />One of the things I learned about New Orleans was that most of the shrimp boats there are owned by Vietnamese Americans. One was owned by an older guy (I don't remember his name) who worked on the crew with us. He was Tony's uncle. He lost his boat in Hurricane Katrina, and his insurance settlement of $2000 was not enough to cover his loss. That's why he was working for ACORN gutting houses.

I founds this photo of a shrimp boat on the
Hurricane Digital Memory Bank.