This program is 29 minutes long
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(Long Beach Island, New Jersey: Chip Reid) The damage on the New Jersey shore reviewed; scenes shown of destroyed homes on Long Beach Island and Ocean Beach, sand in the streets, wrecked boats, homes burned down by fires started by natural gas leaks, flooding in Bay Head, a gas line on the Garden State Parkway. [Residents Bob DAVIS, Kyle SCHEIBNER††, Jen SMITH††, John PATRICIA‡- comment.] How long it will be until people can return to their homes discussed.
(Breezy Point, New York: Scott Pelley) Report introduced.
(New York: Jim Axelrod) The transportation gridlock in New York City featured; scene shown of the flooded subway tunnels, traffic, people entering reopened Grand Central terminal, people charging cell phones at the train station. [MTA’s Joe LEADER††- comments on the mess in the South Ferry subway station.] [Grand Central Terminal’s Bob LIEBLONG††- says people have hope now that GCT is open.]
(Breezy Point, New York: Scott Pelley) Report introduced.
(Atlantic City, New Jersey: Jeff Glor) The experiences of New Jersey residents who decided not to evacuate featured; scenes shown of wrecked homes. [Atlantic City resident Zelphia CONNOR††, Pleasantville resident Jackie ERNST††, Jackie’s daughter “MARY” - react to what happened.]
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(Moonachie, New Jersey: Elaine Quijano) Efforts to fight a house fire amid the flooding from Hurricane Sandy in Moonachie, New Jersey featured; scenes shown of the burning house, flooding at the fire department, assistant fire chief Frank Smith pumping floodwater out of his house. [SMITH – says we have no police desk, fire department, or ambulance squad; talks about his own situation; says you can’t prepare for this.]
(Breezy Point, New York: Scott Pelley) Snow in the Appalachians after Sandy merged with cold air from the West reported; scenes shown of people digging out in Elkins, West Virginia, skiers at Sugar Mountain in North Carolina.
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(New York: John Miller) The efforts to stabilize a tower crane that partially collapsed during Hurricane Sandy in New York City reviewed; scenes shown of the crane snapping and dangling over the construction site; details given about the roles of engineers Michael Alacha†† and Timothy Lynch††. [ALACHA – describes the pressure as they climbed the stairs and checking the braces holding the tower to the building.] [LYNCH – comments on being on the roof tied to a rope.] The status of the engineers’ own homes discussed.
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(Breezy Point, New York: Michelle Miller) The story of Breezy Point, New York resident Marie Lopresti††, whose house burned down in the fire during Hurricane Sandy, presented; scenes shown of the rubble. [LOPRESTI – says when the fire came we couldn’t fight it; says she belongs in Breezy.]
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