PHOTOS BY MAGGIE HAYES Left to Right: Bob Ricken, Glen Kotowski, Linda Rappaport, Mary Ann Langone, Aron Yagoda UJA, NST team up to help Sandy vics Volunteers put together donation bags for storm victims January 2013 Sylvia Morales and her daughter, 7 BY MAGGIE HAYES Greenthal Real Estate and the life,” and although his area UJA to collect donations for was issued a mandatory Superstorm Sandy is still Sandy victims and also to evacuation, Hayes had a very present for a countless listen to accounts given by “false sense of security” and n 4 North Shore Towers Courier number of homeowners visitors who witnessed the opted to stay through the Board President Bob Ricken who are now dealing with storm destruction firsthand. storm. the aftermath of insurance “I went outside, and I saw “You could see the lived like “19th century working on rebuilding his headaches and replacing two rivers where the streets water coming up, it was like farmers,” waking up with house. lost items, and so the United were in front of my house,” someone was filling it up with the sun, cleaning the debris The UJA has allocated up Jewish Appeal (UJA) said Craig Hayes, who lives a hose,” he said. “I watched and disposing of damaged to $10 million for the Sandy Federation and the North in Point Lookout in Long the entire ground floor of my items, and when the sun set, Relief Fund to help the local Shore Towers have stepped Beach, Long Island. house get destroyed.” bundling up and going to bed. community, and the first $1.3 in to help. Hayes grew up in Point Once the rain and wind Hayes was one of the million has already been Towers residents and Lookout, and said that had subsided, Hayes and his fortunate “refugees” able distributed for reimbursement workers participated in an hurricanes and hurricane family, who thankfully was to stay at the North Shore event sponsored by the board, warnings were “a way of at a shelter during the storm, Towers, and he is currently (continued on page 6)
NST012013
To see the actual publication please follow the link above