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This 2005 photo of then Staff Sgt. Michael Maroney hugging a girl he rescued during Hurricane Katrina went viral earlier this year. Ten years after they met, Maroney and the girl, LeShay Brown, will be reunited. (Photo: U.S. Air Force/Airman 1st Class Veronica Pierce)
The U.S. Air Force Reservist and father of two whose search for a girl he rescued during Hurricane Katrina went viral this year will finally meet with her this month.
In 2005, then Staff Sgt. Michael Maroney was sent into New Orleans to find and rescue Hurricane Katrina survivors. When one family got into his helicopter, a 3-year-old girl made a big impression. ?When I rescued her and her family, they were just so happy to see us, and she herself was just excited, happy. ? Just loving life,? Maroney told Yahoo News earlier this year. ?Just her essence, that spirit that she had, just sucked me right in and I was amazed. I picked her up and she wrapped me up in a hug and everything melted away. I didn?t see anything but pure joy at that moment. It was an awesome hug.?
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