Michael Davenport, president/CEO of the $12.7 million IntegrisFCU, was scheduled to reunite Oct. 20 with a young woman he pluckedfrom flood waters 10 years ago in the wake of Hurricane Rita.
In addition to serving the Tulsa, Okla.-based cooperative,Davenport also worked as a reserve deputy sheriff. It was in thatcapacity Integris' board of directors voted unanimously toauthorize him leave so he could deploy with other law enforcementto South Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina came ashore in 2005.
However, when that deployment put Davenport and fellow lawenforcement officers squarely in the path of Hurricane Rita onSept. 24, 2005, the mission changed from stabilizing chaoticcommunities after Katrina to providing front line assistance toRita victims.
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