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Friday, November 2, 2012

Shocking images show desperate New Yorkers digging through dumpsters for food as downtown Manhattan embarks on fourth night without power


New Yorkers have resorted to digging through filthy dumpsters for food ahead of their fourth night without power and, for many, without water. Shocking images captured groups of residents sifting through garbage outside a Key Food supermarket at Avenue A and East 4th Street in the East Village yesterday.
Families, elderly people and young residents were seen climbing into the dumpster hunting for whatever they could find to eat.
 Hungry: Families, elderly people and young residents were seen climbing into the East Village dumpster, pictured, for whatever they could find to eat

Hungry: Families, elderly people and young residents were seen climbing into the East Village dumpster, pictured, for whatever they could find to eat


According to NBC New York, whose crews came across the shocking scene, the local supermarket had discarded piles of food that had gone bad after Hurricane Sandy shut down power in the area on Monday. The dumpster divers in the East Village pried open the overflowing bin before climbing inside to pick through the garbage for something to eat or take home to their families.
 Desperate: Residents in parts of New York without power are becoming increasingly desperate as the days wear on

Desperate: Residents in parts of New York without power are becoming increasingly desperate as the days wear on

Shopping carts full of food await disposal at the Fairway supermarket in in Brooklyn. The food was contaminated by flood waters that rose to approximately four feet
Shopping carts full of food await disposal at the Fairway supermarket in in Brooklyn. The food was contaminated by flood waters that rose to approximately four feet

The Fairway supermarket in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn was broached by four feet of floodwater
The Fairway supermarket in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn was broached by four feet of floodwater

Shopping without the supermarket: A customer browses food piled into shopping carts on Brighton Beach Avenue
Shopping without the supermarket: A customer browses food piled into shopping carts on Brighton Beach Avenue

The Lower East Side and East Village neighborhoods have both been in darkness for days. As the death toll passes 90 and continues to rise, thousands of apartments, bodegas and restaurants remained closed yesterday after they were flooded and left without power during the storm. Some have been selling their wares for cash, as their credit card facilities are disabled while others were giving away perishables earlier in the week while they were still edible. The desperate situation, which is seeing both neighborhoods appear more and more like a war zone, is expected to continue.
 Four days after superstorm Sandy lashed the East Coast with high winds and a huge storm surge, thee city is still recovering from the devastating effects
Four days after superstorm Sandy lashed the East Coast with high winds and a huge storm surge, thee city is still recovering from the devastating effects

Shelters: Many residents have been in shelters for days as they wait to return home
Shelters: Many residents have been in shelters for days as they wait to return home

Another New York house reduced to ruins by the devastating force of Hurricane Sandy
Destruction: A New York house reduced to ruins by the devastating force of Hurricane Sandy

Hundreds of residents of downtown Manhattan are still living in shelters after Sandy left their buildings uninhabitable. One shelter is allowing people to power up their phones to make calls to let friends and family members know how they are doing, although many are still unable to get a signal.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the city will send bottled water and ready-to-eat meals into the hardest-hit neighborhoods throughout the weekend, but some New Yorkers, dispirited after days without power, water and heat, decided to get out. 'It's dirty, and it's getting a little crazy down there,' said Michael Tomeo, who boarded a bus to Philadelphia with his four-year-old son. 'It just feels like you wouldn't want to be out at night. Everything's pitch dark. I'm tired of it, big-time.'
 Traffic is backed up on 10th Avenue: The city will take weeks to recover from the widespread damage

Traffic is backed up on 10th Avenue: The city will take weeks to recover from the widespread damage

National Guardsmen load bottled water at Floyd Bennet Field for delivery to neighborhoods that were hit hard by Hurricane Sandy
National Guardsmen load bottled water at Floyd Bennet Field for delivery to neighborhoods that were hit hard by Hurricane Sandy

Hauled away: Garbage men disposed dozens of shopping carts full of ruined goods on Wednesday at the Fairway supermarket in Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York
Hauled away: Garbage men disposed dozens of shopping carts full of ruined goods on Wednesday at the Fairway supermarket in Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York

Resourceful: Some people have taken to filling up buckets of drinking water from fire hydrants to survive
Resourceful: Some people have taken to filling up buckets of drinking water from fire hydrants to survive

Always upbeat: Determined New Yorkers show their spirit is not flagging as they continue the clear-up
Always upbeat: Determined New Yorkers show their spirit is not flagging as they continue the clear-up



Rima Finzi-Strauss decided to take the bus to Washington, DC. When the power went out on Monday night in her apartment building on the Lower East Side, it also disabled the electric locks on the front door, she said. 'We had three guys sitting out in the lobby last night with candlelight, and very threatening folks were passing by in the pitch black,' she said. 'And everyone's leaving. That makes it worse.'

Rosemarie Zurlo said she planned to leave Manhattan for her sister's place in Brooklyn because her own apartment was freezing - but she was worried she wouldn't make it back. 'I don't have three people to put in my car,' she said. 'I've been stranded here for five days,' said Stuart Zager, who is from Brooklyn and was trying to get to his place in Delray Beach, Florida. 'I'm afraid to get on the Jersey Turnpike. On half a tank, I'll never make it.'

 Source: Daily Mail UK 

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