Eleven years ago, flight attendant Sandy Hoby, now 39, had her lower colon removed due to bowel cancer. Five years later, while trekking in Nepal, she met engineer Brad Jackson, 38. Within six months they had bought a house together. Last year, they climbed Mount Everest.
SMALL trucks noisily patrol the beach behind Steve Fourrier's home in Grand Isle, Louisiana. From his deck he watches them dump sand into screening machines. Crews follow close by, dragging rakes
