Shake the Devil Off

November 05, 2009 7:00 PM

New Orleans - Borders
3338 St. Charles Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70115

Zackery Bowen was thrust into two of America's largest recent debacles. He was one of the first soldiers to encounter the fledgling insurgency in Iraq. After years of military service he returned to New Orleans. In the weeks before Hurricane Katrina made landfall, he met Addie Hall. In October 2006, Bowen leaped from the rooftop bar of a French Quarter hotel. A note in his pocket directed the police to the body of Addie Hall. It was one of the most gruesome crimes in the city's history.