NEW ORLEANS (REUTERS) - Every time he crosses the Claiborne Avenue bridge heading east across the New Orleans Industrial Canal, actor Brad Pitt gets a lump in his throat.
From that vantage point, he can look down on a section of the city's Lower Ninth Ward that is ground zero for 'Make It Right,' a home rebuilding initiative Pitt launched to help people whose homes were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, which killed 1,500 people and devastated the historic Southern city.
'Each time I come back to New Orleans and drive over that bridge, I get this swell of joy,' Pitt told Reuters, his eyes going watery. 'It's means a lot to me to watch that neighbourhood take shape.' Pitt and his movie star partner, Angelina Jolie, own a house in the city's French Quarter, and they visit the city regularly with their six children.
The actor shares his feelings about the city and its recovery with a few thousand people on Saturday evening, as he and comedian Ellen DeGeneres, a New Orleans native, host the Make It Right Foundation's biggest fundraiser at a New Orleans hotel.
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