for the grand opening? we met one more time with scott and tim to see if they would be taking our advice. so today is the day. it s the grand reopening of surfside bagels. denise snuck out earlier and put this sign out for free bagels and coffee. people have been in and out all morning long. the team is inside. let s see how it s going. good morning, everybody. welcome to surfside bagels after hurricane sandy. somebody who lives in the area, every store that opens. yay! it s such a wonderful thing. gives everybody an uplift. three months after hurricane sandy devastated the rockaways, surfside bagel has become a beacon of hope. i ran them, and i am like are
surfside bagels opened its doors to serve customers before hurricane sandy would hit the area. sandy churning up the seas over the last several days. sitting in the atlantic. now instead of making northeastward move, it is turning northwest. a lot of people on the move. if the storm isn t that bad, we ll open up the next morning, things will be back to normal. seaside barriers are set up, residents stock up on storm supplies. they closed early and expected some minor damage. but nothing prepared them for what would happen next. we had security cameras here in the bagel store. i turned them on and could see water in the store. and i m like that s just bad. that night the atlantic ocean and jamaica bay met. every car, home, and business on the rochaway peninsula was under several feet of water. neither scott nor tim were able to get to the store when scott received an ominous text from a
after many months of rebuilding, surfside bagels was finally ready to reopen for their first breakfast since hurricane sandy. would the customers in the hard high hit rockaway beach come out for the occasion? our makeover team assembled one last time to support scott and tim and to find out if they would be taking our advice. so today is the day. it s the grand reopening of surfside bagels. denise snuck out earlier and put the sign for free bagels and coffee out. people have been going in and out all morning long. the team s celebrating. let s go inside and see how it s going. good morning, everyone. and welcome back to surfside bagels after hurricane sandy. [ applause ] as somebody who lives in the area, every store that opens [ cheers ] it s such a wonderful thing.
it gives everybody like an uplift. three months after hurricane sandy devastated the rockaways, surfside bagel became a small beacon of hope in a community where so little has changed since the storm. i ran into them yesterday while i was waiting for the bus. i saw them meeting. are you guys open? they re like, we re opening tomorrow. i got excited. feels like it s getting back it normal. it s been a while since we had that. baghdad elms and cream cheese! yes! mike, denise, and i were on hand to help and finally got to taste those famous bagels. that s good. adding to the euphoria of the day, a grant check from the city of new york for $5,000 was personally delivered by commissioner robert walsh to help them pay for equipment that was lost during the storm. $5,000 check for you to have. thank you very much. don t don t spend it all in one place. after the excitement of the