16-years-later, this Hurricane Katrina survivor is helping children impacted by Ida
"As a child going through Hurricane Katrina I had a favorite teddy bear that I was not able to take with me when I evacuated, so it was just left behind and completely damaged in the floodwaters," Hymel recalled. "It was really hard because I took that teddy bear everywhere with me – to school, the grocery store – it was my best friend."