$448 million powerball jackpot. the nine women and seven men gathered for a raucous news conference tuesday and i got to say hearing their stories you can t help but feel glad for them. 16 new jersey powerball millionaires now dubbed the ocean 16, so-called because a co-worker bought the winning ticket for their powerball pool at the ocean county vehicle maintenance garage, and no, she didn t have to dance through laser fields like in the movie ocean s 12. honestly i went to academe t pick up group tickets because i went to pick up prescriptions at the pharmacy. reporter: she needed someone to double check. i had to wake my poor husband up who was no longer poor. reporter: but being thankful was the overall theme as six were victims of superstorm sandy last year. we lost our home and
that cash. we re expected to see them in about 15 minutes. they re going to show up, all 16 of them. they ve been affectionately dubbed as the ocean 16. they re county workers here in ocean county at a vehicle maintenance garage. they re going to get about $3.8 million each. thomas, that may not be quite enough to completely retire on. in fact, a lot of them say they will be going back to work. they have been going to work since they ve won. now, toms river, a little harbor where they bought the ticket, part of oceans county. it was hit really hard during hurricane sandy. so this is coming as a little bit of good news for the people around here. in fact, one of the winners was a victim of hurricane sandy. she had seven feet of water in her house. she s 63-year-old sue nichols. she says it s going to help her get back to normal. she s not retiring. she s about a year and a half to go before he gets her pension. she says she s going to allow, very nicely, her husband to retire, and she s