Five Years After 'Most Important Mardi Gras Ever'
NEW ORLEANS - 2011 marks the five-year anniversary of the Mardi Gras that almost wasn't. In 2005, after Katrina, the city grappled with whether to let the show go on. Naysayers said it couldn't, but many said it must.
“Katrina knocked us down but didn't knock us out,” said Ike Wheeler, King Zulu 2005 to 2006.
Wheeler’s simple words punctuated a monumental toast. King Zulu raised a glass to Mayor Ray Nagin on Mardi Gras Day,
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