Contain it while wading in anklehigh water. Its rarely seen in this city that never sleeps. Sandy set a 13foot high wall of water rushing through new york harbor and that water pouring into the subway tunnels. The head of the mta calling it the worst damage seen in the 100year history of Public Transit here in the city. In a most dramatic fashion, sandys winds caused a twisted crane to dangle perilously more than 70 floors up over midtown manhattan. Look at that. Emergency crews worried that it would slice through like a hot knife through butter. When i saw is the reports of the firefighters in queens or Downtown Manhattan i could see in my minds eye not only the buildings and the planes, but the people. Its a lot to get you up to speed on and we are waiting for mayor Michael Boomberg to speak, and we do want to get the latest from the jersey shore which as we told you took the direct hit from sandy as that storm came ashore near Atlantic City in the southern part of new jersey. Nbcs r
Only by helicopter and surveillance but as you can see, on foot and by rescue boats as well. Just a few moments ago a live reporter watching as rescuers brought out a small baby, a child, and an elderly woman all at the same time. Were going to be listening in throughout the next few moments. Lets hear whats happening now. Reporter every time there is a major emergency and these guys are just stepping up and women stepping up to the plate. Let me see if i can get somebody gentlemen, can you sorry. Actually just trying to figure out if theres more coordinated effort. Let me walk over one more time in the staging area and show you some of the faces here, mike, if we can over in the area with some of the people who are waiting here to be rescued should i say to be taken away and find emergency shelter. You know, theres a woman who is just standing there with the one we saw earlier with her dog and her little bag and she looks so cold. And, you know, as we said earlier, the People Holding
Only by helicopter and surveillance but as you can see, on foot and by rescue boats as well. Just a few moments ago a live reporter watching as rescuers brought out a small baby, a child, and an elderly woman all at the same time. Were going to be listening in throughout the next few moments. Lets hear whats happening now. Reporter every time there is a major emergency and these guys are just stepping up and women stepping up to the plate. Let me see if i can get somebody gentlemen, can you sorry. Actually just trying to figure out if theres more coordinated effort. Let me walk over one more time in the staging area and show you some of the faces here, mike, if we can over in the area with some of the people who are waiting here to be rescued should i say to be taken away and find emergency shelter. You know, theres a woman who is just standing there with the one we saw earlier with her dog and her little bag and she looks so cold. And, you know, as we said earlier, the People Holding
Only by helicopter and surveillance but as you can see, on foot and by rescue boats as well. Just a few moments ago a live reporter watching as rescuers brought out a small baby, a child, and an elderly woman all at the same time. Were going to be listening in throughout the next few moments. Lets hear whats happening now. Reporter every time there is a major emergency and these guys are just stepping up and women stepping up to the plate. Let me see if i can get somebody gentlemen, can you sorry. Actually just trying to figure out if theres more coordinated effort. Let me walk over one more time in the staging area and show you some of the faces here, mike, if we can over in the area with some of the people who are waiting here to be rescued should i say to be taken away and find emergency shelter. You know, theres a woman who is just standing there with the one we saw earlier with her dog and her little bag and she looks so cold. And, you know, as we said earlier, the People Holding
Today. Right now the storm is over pennsylvania. Torrential rain and in some places, blizzard conditions. Here is the big picture as best we know it. 67 in the caribbean. Close to 8 million customers in 15 states and the District Of Columbia have no electricity. Spent last night in red cross operated shelters. This may be the worst storm ever to hit new york city. One of the Biggest Challenges is where the massive subway system is shut down, tunnels and stations are filled with high water. No idea when the trains will be running again. This is a difficult situation. Take a look at laguardia airport. The runways are submerged and levels were so high they reached the jet lanes where people usually walk on to the planes. An entire neighborhood is destroyed by fire. At least 80 homes burned to the ground in the new york burro of queens. This is an awful image. People are going through hell right now. Tell us about it. You know, they really are. About 80 homes, the fire official telling us