Photos: Storm Sandy
Anthony Morotto poses for a photograph in front of the home he rents in New Dorp Beach, Staten Island. At the height of Hurricane Sandy, Morotto heard screaming from behind his home, one of only a handful in the area with a second story. He tied a rope to his waist and pulled three neighbors from the flood in through his second story window. At least 23 people died on Staten Island mostly from drowning in storm surge flooding. (Mike Segar/Reuters)
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New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers (R-L) Anthony Compitello, Chris Theofield and Benjamin Colecchia with their dogs Cesar, Brutas and Timoshenko pose for a portrait on Staten Island where they and others performed dozens of searches for victims after Hurricane Sandy. (Mike Segar/Reuters)
Pastor Joseph Paul Morrissey holds his pocket Bible as he stands amid the ruins of his home in the low-lying Oakwood neighborhood on Staten Island. Morrissey, a general contractor and owner of a small productions company, worked with his fellow parishioners to transform the Grace Bible Church, just steps away, into a relief and aid center for victims of the storm. Despite losing everything, Morrissey and other members of the small Christian congregation have worked tirelessly to keep their church open as an aid center. (Mike Segar/Reuters)
Ronny Kmiotek, a retired New York City Police Officer, poses for a photograph behind the wheel of his 1965 Chevrolet Impala which was found seven blocks from his home after Hurricane Sandy slammed into New Dorp Beach, Staten Island. (Mike Segar/Reuters)
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Sheila and Dominic Traina stand amid the remains of the house they had lived in for 43 years which was demolished by Hurricane Sandy in New Dorp Beach, Staten Island. (Mike Segar/Reuters)
Commuters exit a train at Grand Central Terminal in New York. Service is still slowly recovering from the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy three weeks ago, as commuters now also deal with congestion from the Thanksgiving holiday week. (Chip East/Reuters)
People wait to collect donated food, clothes and blankets at an unofficial supply distribution site in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
A ‘Thank You’ sign stands outside a house devastated by Superstorm Sandy on Nov. 2 in Union Beach, N.J. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
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Residents of Staten Island speak with a FEMA representative, left, on Nov. 3 in Midland Beach after Superstorm Sandy left millions without power or water in the Staten Island borough of New York. ( Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)
A man returns to his house with bleach and water in the Midland Beach neighborhood of Staten Island on Nov. 3 in New York City. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
A family cleans out their home the Midland Beach neighborhood of Staten Island on Nov. 3 in New York City. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
Doctor Howard Goldsmith consoles his wife Doctor Rosanna Troia while helping clean out Troia’s mother’s home in the Midland Beach neighborhood of Staten Island on Nov. 3 in New York City. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
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Volunteers unload emergency food and water supplies that are delivered to the Bronx Armory in New York on Nov. 3 as the city recovers from Hurricane Sandy. (Mehdi Taamallah/Getty Images)
Found pictures are posted on a board in a neighborhood devastated by Superstorm Sandy on Nov. 2 in Union Beach, N.J. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
A house on the shore stands devastated by Superstorm Sandy on Nov. 2 in Union Beach, N.J. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
Pieces of houses devastated by Superstorm Sandy lay scattered on the ground Nov. 2 in Union Beach, N.J. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
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Local residents argue for their place in line while waiting to get fuel at a gas station in the New York City borough of Queens on November 1, 2012. (Adrees Latif/Reuters)
People stand around a table that a store has placed outside with power bars for cell phone charging, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in New York November 1, 2012. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)
A dune fence lies twisted in the sand of the beach in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in Atlantic City. (Tom Mihalek/Reuters)
New Jersey Army National Guard aerial views shows the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy to the New Jersey coast. (Handout/Reuters)
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Motorists queue up for gas at a service plaza on the Garden State Parkway, the day after Hurricane Sandy came ashore, in Toms River, New Jersey. (Steve Nesius/Reuters)
A resident retrieves a trash can from Hurricane Sandy floodwaters on Bennett Avenue in Wildwood. (Tim Shaffer/Reuters)
An fireman carries a residents dog to safety from flood waters brought on by Hurricane Sandy in Little Ferry, New Jersey, October 30, 2012. (Adam Hunger/Reuters)
A woman looks at a damaged building that collapsed during Hurricane Sandy in New York October 29, 2012. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
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Waves crash against the demolished section of a boardwalk in the north end of the city in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy’s landfall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, October 30, 2012. (Tom Mihalek/Reutesr)
Water rushes into the Carey Tunnel, caused by Hurricane Sandy, in the Financial District of New York. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
Power outage seen caused by Hurricane Sandy in Manhattan. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
Fire fighters use a saw in an attempt to remove a partially collapsed door due to Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2012 in New York. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
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Rising water, caused by Hurricane Sandy, rushes into a subterranean parking garage on October 29, 2012, in the Financial District of New York. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
The facade of an apartment building collapsed October 29, 2012 in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
People walk through water on the beach near the time of high tide as Hurricane Sandy approaches October 29, 2012 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images)
Rising waters break the banks at Battery Park as Hurricane Sandy makes its approach in New York. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters)
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Two women try to hold on to their umbrellas in a wind soaked rainfall as Hurricane Sandy approaches October 29, 2012 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)
With Hurricane Sandy approaching, the Long Island Railroad announced the suspension of their service at 7pm on Sunday night in Hicksville, N.Y. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
A man watches the waves as Hurricane Sandy approaches in Long Beach, N.Y. (Mike Stobe/Getty Images)
People prepare sand bags as Hurricane Sandy approaches in Long Beach, N.Y. (Mike Stobe/Getty Images)
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Residents of Long Beach prepare as Hurricane Sandy approaches in Long Beach, N.Y. (Mike Stobe/Getty Images)
A girl walks on a sandbag wall outside her home as Hurricane Sandy approaches in the Rockaway Beach neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
A tidal surge from Hurricane Sandy comes ashore at Rehoboth Beach, Del. (Jim Watson/Getty Images)
Plywood is secured over the windows of a hair salon to protect from the high winds of approaching Hurricane Sandy in Ocean City, N.J. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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President Obama makes a statement after a briefing on Hurricane Sandy at FEMA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Dennis Brack-Pool/Getty Images)
Earth movers build protective berms on Compo Beach as the first signs of Hurricane Sandy approach in Westport, Conn. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
The skyline of lower Manhattan as seen from the Staten Island Ferry prior to the arrival of Hurricane Sandy. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
A resident of Sayville, N.Y. purchases a generator as Hurricane Sandy approaches in Hicksville, N.Y. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
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People stand on the Ocean City Music Pier watching heavy surf caused by Hurricane Sandy in Ocean City, N.J. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
People stand on the Ocean City Music Pier while watching heavy surf caused by Hurricane Sandy in Ocean City, N.J. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
People take a walk along the beach as high winds and heavy rain from Hurricane Sandy arrive in Virginia Beach, Va. (Rich-Joseph Facun / Reuters)
A sign announces ‘Danger Rip Current’ as Hurricane Sandy approaches Atlantic City, N.J. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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Carpenters put plywood over the doors at the Bally’s Casino on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
A carpenter uses plywood to cover the windows at the Trump Casino on the boardwalk as Hurricane Sandy approaches in Atlantic City, N.J. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Motorists head north on the Loop Parkway as Hurricane Sandy approaches in Lido, N.Y. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
A boat is towed to drydock as people prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy in Freeport, N.Y. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
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A wave crashes over the protecting sandbags along the houses on the east side of Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. during Hurricane Sandy. (Randall Hill/Reuters)
An East Haven, Conn. removes personal belongings from his home ahead of mandatory evacuation prior to Hurricane Sandy. (Michelle McLoughlin/Reuters)