CNN went on the air for the first time 40 years ago on June 1, 1980. Here’s a look back at some of the most defining stories from the last four decades. https://cnn.it/3gJ560b | CNN

While reporting on Hurricane Katrina in 2005, CNN’s Anderson Cooper witnessed a dead person atop a vehicle on a flooded street in New Orleans. That person turned out to be Jerry Peters. Cooper visits with Peters’ nephew Pastor Jerry Darby in this deeply emotional story. | Anderson Cooper 360