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Lawmaker's home destroyed in wind-fueled New York City fire

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    Rep. Bob Turner describes devastation

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You have -- You have heard a lot about this one new York community now coming to terms with the the enormous loss of more than eighty homes to this massive fire fueled for hours by hurricane Sandy's wild winds.

This photo shows the destruction in the neighborhood of breezy point queens.

Now screen right is what it used to look like extreme left shows the more than a hundred home was burned to the ground.

One lawmaker represents the people living there as a personal stake in this because his home was among them.

Congressman Bob Turner is with me now and served good morning to you and I am so sorry.

-- let's review now under.

A lot of you know pain and suffering down -- and but there's still have a great spirit.

Not that did you ride the storm out that night.

I did and -- We were picked equipped to handle storm not fire.

You know that what was that.

Like for you well and and what was the first time that you saw the flames.

It'd be very -- of the year strong -- 7:30 PM.

Yeah and order sure it was searched to emergency equipment could get.

-- -- -- error -- Nothing anyone could do went unchecked for -- The volunteers and that it.

Article on the cage and categorically you know working in critical condition.

But what are -- wins when.

You can't drive through that water see you guys are stuck there's one road in and one road out and prove how long have you lived there said.

We've been -- about dirty -- here.

And you've been able to.

Understand this yet.

I think we have a pretty good appreciation for the forces of nature but now we have to deal with the yeah.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Two people or services available.

Opportunity you know.

To keep corporate -- -- which.

I don't be.

True.

I'll be.

Pork.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- When you have you have built a lifetime of relationships with your neighbors.

-- Some -- storage -- Heartbreaking.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- And we did resources that we can handle it's that some -- not fortunate to China.

Well on that.

Sir I can injured in your voice.

My best -- -- in your life and everyone else in that neighborhood okay.

Now we go to work to do very well there will be another day there -- -- thank you.

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