New Orleans, LA – The New Orleans saints’ Super Bowl XLIV victory in 2010 continues to resonate as a symbol of the city’s resilience following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. While the impact of the storm remains indelible, the Saints‘ championship run offered a powerful moment of unity and hope for a community undergoing immense rebuilding.
for players like two-time Super Bowl champion Malcolm Jenkins, securing football’s biggest prize for new Orleans carried particular significance.
“To be able to take this team and this city all the way to a Super Bowl and beat Peyton Manning and the Colts as underdogs was one of those things that most people waited their entire lives to see,” he tells CNN’s Brianna Keilar.
“That particular moment really brought the entire city together as proof that this is a place that is resilient, that can rebuild and be better.”
Former Saints player Marques Henderson emphasized the city’s determination to rebuild as a driving force for the team.
“For us to win at a time when the city wasn’t at its full strength,that’s just remarkable,” he says.
“We did it with the support of those displaced people. Those people that where called refugees. We did it with those people.”
