(6 Nov 2012) HEADLINE:Breezy Point fire 'just complete devastation'
CAPTION:In New York, residents of the flooded beachfront neighborhood of Breezy Point in returned home to find fire had taken everything the water had not. A huge fire destroyed perhaps 100 homes. (Oct. 31)
VOICE-OVER:
ART TULLY RETURNED TO HIS HOME IN NEW YORK CITY WEDNESDAY AND FOUND OUT IT DESTROYED .
SOUNDBITE: Art Tully, Home Destroyed by Hurricane Sandy
"Things like this happen in Missouri, they happen in California, they don't happen here, this is not supposed to happen here, it's terrible."
HE MET HIS WIFE PATSY HERE IN THIS BEACHFRONT COMMUNITY, CALLED BREEZY POINT.
THEY WERE TEENAGERS WHEN THEY MET AT THE LOCAL GATHERING SPOT, 'THE SUGAR BOWL.'
THIS IS WHAT'S LEFT OF IT.
SOUNDBITE: Art Tully, Home Destroyed by Hurricane Sandy
"It's people's lives and homes that are gone and it's going to take a long time to bring them back."
THE HIGH WINDS OF HURRICANE SANDY BLEW THE FIRE THROUGH HERE, DESTROYING MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED HOMES.
"It's just complete devastation and you know my parents have lived here for 40 years and it's unbelievable, I'm sorry."
THE TWISTED DESTRUCTION IS EVERYWHERE.
SOUNDBITE: Brendan McDerby, Home Destroyed by Hurricane Sandy
"I don't even know what to think. I don't even have words to describe it. It's absolutely insane. It's just the most terrible thing I've ever seen."
MELTED BICYCLES�CHARRED DOLLS�.BLACKENED CHAIRS FROM HAPPIER TIMES�THERE ARE SMALL POCKETS OF THE FIRE, STILL BURNING.
AMID THE WRECKAGE, THIS FAMILY PULLED WHAT REMAINED OF THE FAMILY PHOTO ALBUMS.
SOME OF THE PHOTOS LOOK LIKE THEY CAN BE SALVAGED.
SOUNDBITE: Tom Duffy, Home Destroyed by Hurricane Sandy
"It's the only thing we've been able to salvage up to now. We'll just have to figure out where do we go from here."
THIS FIRE DID SPARE THE MOST VALUABLE THING OF ALL.
NO ONE WAS KILLED IN THE BLAZE.
SIGOUT - Ted Shaffrey/Associated Press
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