O'CONNOR WDSU NEWS. ALL RIGHT, SHAY, THANK YOU. NEW ORLEANS LEADERS ALONGSIDE KATRINA SURVIVORS CAME TOGETHER TO REMEMBER 100 PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN IDENTIFIED AFTER THE STORM. WDSU REPORTER ANUM SIDDIQUI HAS MORE ON THE ANNUAL WREATH LAYING. HURRICANE KATRINA CHANGED ALL OF US IN SO MANY WAYS. IT ALSO ESTABLISHED AN ANNUAL TRADITION HONORING MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE WHO WERE NEVER IDENTIFIED AFTER THE STORM. LIKE MANY OF US, MARCIA MARTIN REMEMBERS EXACTLTLY WHERE SHE WS 19 YEARS AGO TODAY. LEADING NEW ORLEANS SEWERAGE AND WATER BOARD. I MADE THE DECISION THAT WE WERE GOING TO OPEN THE VALVES AND DISCHARGE THE WASTE TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER PRIOR TO THE STORM REACHING LANDFALL, HEAVY HEARTS FILLED THE HURRICANE KATRINA MEMORIAL ON CANAL. THE MEMORIAL ITSELF DESIGNED AFTER THE EYE OF THE STORM. CITY AND STATE LEADERS LAY WREATHS IN HONOR OF THE VICTIMS. SO THIS COMMEMORATION WILL CONTINUE AND NEVER HAVE ONE WORSE THAN AND WE SHOULD NEVER GO BACKWARDS. MARTIN MAKES SURE SHE TAKES PART OF THIS TRADITION EVERY YEAR, AS THE MEMORIES FROM NEARLY TWO DECADES AGO IS SOMETHING SHE CARRIES EVERY DAY. PART OF WHY I'M HERE TODAY IS SOME OF THE UNCLAIMED BODIES WERE RECOVERED AT THE DRAINAGE PUMP STATIONS, SO OUR TEAM OF DEDICATED EMPLOYEES WORK WITH FEDERAL CONTRACTORS TO REMOVE THOSE BODIES WITH DIGNITY, RESPECT AND TRANSFER THEM TO THE PROPER PLACES. THESE MEMORIALS ARE ALL THANKS TO LOCAL FUNERAL HOMES COMING TOGETHER, GIVING A RESTING PLACE TO UNNAMED VICTIMS OF HURRICANE KATRINA. REPORTING IN NEW ORLEANS, ANUM