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Jan 7, 2007 2:00 pm US/Eastern

Katrina Exhibit Opens Near World Trade Center Site

NEW YORK (CBS/AP) ― An art exhibit about one disaster has opened at the scene of another.

"Floodwall" is artist Jana Napoli's response to Hurricane Katrina, which she lived through in New Orleans. It consists of hundreds of empty drawers, salvaged from trash heaps in flooded neighborhoods.

Napoli says she had to empty the drawers of ruined, wet clothes before she collected them.

The exhibit is now on display at the Liberty Street Bridge, a pedestrian bridge that connected the World Trade Center to the World Financial Center across the West Side Highway.

Tourists who were there today for a view of the trade center site were surprised to see the mementoes of Katrina as well, but they said it was fitting to be reminded of both tragedies together.

"Floodwall" will be at the Liberty Street Bridge through February 9.

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