Airman trying to find little girl he rescued during Hurricane Katrina

Her beaming face was a rare moment of joy amongst the devastating scenes of Hurricane Katrina.

A decade on, Staff Sgt. Mike Maroney is desperate to trace the beaming little girl he rescued from Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters.

The US airman was with an elite Air Force pararescue unit when he plucked her to safety from her family's destroyed home in New Orleans, during the disaster.

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