GULFPORT, Miss. (WJTV) – Mississippi and federal leaders marked the 20th Anniversary Commemoration of Hurricane Katrina.
The ceremony, held in Gulfport, commemorated Hurricane Katrina’s landfall on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and honored the lives lost during the storm.
Governor Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) called for a statewide minute of silence beginning at 8:29 a.m. on Friday.
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FILE – A cyclist rides by the remains of the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer while ministers conduct religious services on the beach in Gulfport, Miss., on Sept. 11, 2005. (AP Photo/Rob Carr, File) -
FILE – Moe Llaren makes his way through the debris of destroyed homes as he tries to find his own house in Gulfport, Miss., on Aug. 31, 2005. (AP Photo/Denis Paquin, File) -
FILE – Residents of Gulfport, Miss. walk through debris and destruction left behind by Hurricane Katrina on Aug. 31, 2005. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File) -
FILE – Rescuers use an old row boat to evacuate children and an elderly woman from their flooded homes in Gulfport, Miss., after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast Aug. 29, 2005. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File) -
FILE – Elvin Duckworth, left, Jonathan Harvey, center, and Leonard Harvey paddle a row boat through a flooded street in their Gulfport, Miss, neighborhood after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast Aug. 29, 2005. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File) -
FILE – Tractor trailers lay strewn in front of the Grand Casino which was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in Gulfport, Miss., Aug. 31, 2005. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File) -
An aerial view of the destruction left by Hurricane Katrina is seen, Friday, Sept. 9, 2005, in Gulport, Miss. Arkansas troops are scattered throughout southern Mississippi helping with the hurricane relief efforts. (AP Photo/Mike Wintroath) -
FILE – A house sits on railroad tracks in Pass Christian, Miss., Nov. 29, 2005. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File) -
FILE – Structural engineer, Carl Edwards, working for Church Mutual Insurance Company, measures the floor in the gutted Trinity Episcopal Church in Pass Christian, Miss., Sept. 17, 2005. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File) -
FILE – Father Dennis Carver of St. Paul’s Catholic Church looks inside the Damascus House, which was built in 1870, and part of his church in Pass Christian, Miss., Sept. 5, 2005. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File) -
FILE – Workers repair the Blue Rose bed-and-breakfast in Pass Christian, Miss., Nov. 29, 2005. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File) -
FILE – A temporary building is shown on a sight devastated by Hurricane Katrina, Feb. 1, 2007, in Pass Christian, Miss. (AP Photo/Bill Haber, File) -
FILE – Rhonda Braden walks through the destruction in her childhood neighborhood in Long Beach, Miss., Aug. 31, 2005, after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the area. (AP Photo/Rob Carr, File)
“In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Mississippians demonstrated a spirit that cannot be broken, a core strength that survives all hurt, a faith in God that no storm can take away and an unyielding determination to clear the wreckage and build back our communities better than they were before,” said Reeves.
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina killed 238 people in Mississippi and left only concrete slabs in many areas.