article_snippet: Mike Maroney is desperate to trace mystery girlMike Maroney Hurricane Katrina.
article_snippet: Mike Maroney rescued the unknown girl and her family from her family flood hit home in New Orleans, a week after Hurricane Katrina struck .
article_snippet: For Mike Maroney, it was a brief moment of joy during what seemed like a hopeless mission. '
article_snippet: it had been such a rough week, when The US airman wrapped me up in that hug, I was in la-la land,' Mike Maroney said. '
article_snippet: Mike Maroney is trying to trace, after being rescued from the top of a vehicle in the flooded streets of New Orleans, Louisiana, in September 2005 .
article_snippet: But the dad-of-two was particularly moved by this girl, whose name Mike Maroney never knew, as Mike Maroney had a child the same age.
article_snippet: As Mike Maroney dropped her off at New Orleans International Airport with the rest of her family, a colleague captured their hug on camera. '
article_snippet: If I never do anything else again, that hug and that smile made it all worthwhile,' Mike Maroney said.
article_snippet: Mike Maroney had no idea how far the image would travel until more than a year later, when Mike Maroney was on a deployment to Iraq.
article_snippet: Another airman told Mike Maroney Another airman had seen the image on military coins handed out as change at the base exchange.