On Brooklyn’s Southern Coast, Sandy’s Devastation Persists

“We are never going to be back to normal here. You have working people who lost everything they ever had,” said Helen Nier Russo from the streets of Sea Gate on Saturday.
On Brooklyn’s Southern Coast, Sandy’s Devastation Persists
The Steeplechase Pier on Coney Island on Saturday Nov. 3. The pier, normally teeming with fisherman, sustained heavy damage during Hurricane Sandy. Kristen Meriwether/The Epoch Times
Kristen Meriwether
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<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/20121103Seagate+Beach_Kristen+M_0507.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-311049" src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/20121103Seagate+Beach_Kristen+M_0507-676x450.jpg" alt="A gas company worker surveys the damage of a beachfront home in the Sea Gate community in Brooklyn on Saturday, Nov. 3. The huge wave from the surge of Superstorm Sandy completely destroyed many of the beach front homes. (Kristen Meriwether/The Epoch Times)" width="590" height="393"/></a>
A gas company worker surveys the damage of a beachfront home in the Sea Gate community in Brooklyn on Saturday, Nov. 3. The huge wave from the surge of Superstorm Sandy completely destroyed many of the beach front homes. (Kristen Meriwether/The Epoch Times)

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