2005: Watch Little Charles Evans Plead for Help After Katrina
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Sept. 2, 2005: Wearing a "SpongeBob SquarePants" T-shirt and standing amid garbage outside the New Orleans Convention Center after Hurricane Katrina, little Charles Evans pleads with a NBC News cameraman – and subsequently the world – "We just need some help out here. It is just so pitiful. Pitiful!"Aug. 25, 2015
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