By MARY FOSTER
Associated Press Writer
Posted September 24 2006, 8:06 PM EDT

NEW ORLEANS — By the time 88-year-old Blackie Campo got back to his Shell Beach home after Katrina, everything was gone.

Well, his house, his business and his car were destroyed.

What he did salvage was his New Orleans Saints jacket and an autographed football. And what he held onto were the season tickets he’s had for almost 40 years.

“I got nothing but a concrete slab,” Campo said. “But when the Saints get on that field Monday night I can forget my worries for a while at least.”

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