In an area of New Orleans, removed from all the glitz and glamour of Bourbon Street and Mardi Gras revelers, is the Lower Ninth Ward.
It’s an area that wasn’t on the radar until the summer of 2005, when Hurricane Katrina ripped through Louisiana and left the devastated Lower Ninth Ward under water after storm surges and levee breaches wiped away what little many residents had.
For Steelers safety Arthur Maulet, it was just another gut punch in a difficult life growing up in the Lower Ninth Ward.
“Tough neighborhood. Didn’t have much,” said Maulet. “I was the oldest of five, two brothers, two sisters. Just trying to survive. Welfare family. No mother. Mother on drugs. Dad not in my life. My grandfather took care of us when we were smaller.
“I was homeless for a point in time in my life. Sleeping on a church bus. Dropped out of school twice. A long road. Going through Hurricane Katrina. Dealing
