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New York and New Jersey March On Despite Sandy’s Damage
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Author Pete Hamill on the recovery efforts related to Hurricane Sandy.
- Duration 6:37
- Date Nov 19, 2012
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News.
Is in charge.
Basically.
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On married guys.
Die younger than married guys.
When they have the right.
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Who has announced over the weekend.
That he wanted Damon run into war.
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One of the hardest working.
Newspaperman I've ever known I mean -- you remember -- writing -- 45 columns a week now including two city side columns.
And sports as traders -- books on politics and -- and and he's getting every single drop out of its talent using every single out and -- And growing at the same time he gets better.
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Economies like ourselves and arming visit Blake.
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So the city.
But we're -- -- monitor that more bottom.
And those are changes to.
Our corporate Gaza America and in our -- managers don't.
A marvelous work on Staten Island.
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Way above their little group of people not someone comes to cleaning supplies and -- -- technical analysts and -- downtown management.
-- -- downtown Los power for four days but compared to Staten Island you know compared to Jersey Shore -- ways -- coney.
You know minor.
Distraction and certain -- But I hand.
I know an odd way that where we were we thrown back into the nineteenth century and -- and then not early nineties Centrino anything gas slight you know you could see anything it was kind of beautiful way.
But no power no.
Computers no.
Radios that sector.
Oh for what the people when.
And while it is still going through and will be going through for a long time -- larger trend forever yes it's it gives you a sense of perspective about it.
Life itself one thing losing electricity means you -- you take for granted don't work.
But losing the apartment which you live for twenty years losing the house losing.
A relative friend that kid.
That's another whole thing and I hope.
We know lose sight of them that it doesn't become one of those nagging toothache municipal to fix that it remains something.
That's in the minds of us when we goals to lead our comfortable lives.
-- -- -- Governor Christian addresses.
Pretty good job or responding to the plight has people auditor Governor Cuomo and Bloomberg and I.
I think caught a Cuomo did I thought I thought they -- -- of the politicians generally you'll.
Behaved entirely properly Bloomberg made the one mistake with money to run the marathon.
And taking policeman -- -- away to.
-- the marathon when there were of people trapped in houses and -- the correct it now -- the marathon did not happen.
Part of it is figuring out what do you do next.
So.
This is always going to be -- -- do when they're talking about expenses of maybe thirty billion dollars.
It in a country.
Where.
Donald Trump has money but nobody else seems to have.
A lot of money to give away -- you know.
And I I think private citizens are gonna continue to have to.
They -- the things that to PA believed to help people get up it's generally.
Like many Americans it.
The place -- people and not that -- -- but sometimes.
And thicket of and we got to get -- hand that's all we can't change their lives in tournament in Nobel camp.
Prizewinning chemists something but we can't help them to get it up when they've been not -- them and they've been knocked down.