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Connecting Sandy victims with lost valuables

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    Jeanne Esti discusses the stories behind the "For Shore Photos" Project

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I welcome back to fox highlights on Fox News.

Dot com on Laura -- so glad you're here with us and now we -- moving on two very important story that house to do with hurricane sandy.

And it's victims and valuables and very important.

Things -- -- lost like photographs memories things that people are still.

Struggling to find we want to introduce -- -- -- -- ST the -- for sure photos project.

Joining us via Skype for you in Rhode island's.

I am even I learn.

OK very good well it's good to talk to you is -- -- always fun because.

We didn't see -- -- it was sometimes -- audio but we're gonna stick with you and ask you to really set this up forest.

About what -- -- or photos is all about.

Absolutely thank you for your time today I'm very simply my family -- -- looking New Jersey we have had a -- there for most of my life.

And when the storm hit we'd like everybody else and our surrounding area where petrified that our personal belongings not the things that you can claim an insurance capacity but the photographs and Christmas albums and all of those things where potentially gone and so I went down to see our house about six days after the storm.

And -- videotaping an experience -- my parents because they weeding out Florida.

I came across what we referred to tragically used to -- only to realize it was the contents of other people's homes -- -- things that was most poignant.

Was truly -- photographs and memorabilia all over our house so -- there is simply not.

If I'm -- photographs so -- everybody else.

And came home that night of the great glass of wine and my my best friends and second I got an idea let's start let's say let's start FaceBook -- speech and start reconciling people with these lost treasures and it took off.

Wow that is incredible and I think you know for anybody listening to that story -- you know you always have a conversation with your family members like if there was fire what's the first thing you would grab.

It's it's most likely you know the photo albums -- the every time every time every time that's what people care so much about.

In you know that the impact that the effects of super storms sandy -- had.

On the Jersey Shore.

Not just physical but I mean this emotional loss for a lot of people.

Absolutely.

You know I didn't mention this to your producer -- -- life coach says there's a lot of what's going on here that is truly on the site grief counseling because there are people who refining photographs that are sort happening survivor's guilt so I don't and -- never wasted on me frankly a -- -- They have their home about it.

And you know they've been elevated great respect and -- protective -- on my part for them.

Absolutely well that's you know it's important to recognize that and it's -- great for you and for the others who are.

On this FaceBook page that there's somebody like you who who can understand that and understand.

What kind of velocity is now when your website.

You know how -- people at.

-- what it is on your website to help people you know get -- we're showing it now for sure photos looking people find on this website what do you hope to achieve with its.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- And they can't put them in there obviously dealing with the -- got -- home.

To drop them in the repository that we -- than -- Clinton on the page and you know the -- -- for sure but I dot com.

But they hate it that simple project you posted photo -- have the photo and then -- often found communicate.

On how to get -- back.

Credible story and we want to encourage everyone to go to the web site to the FaceBook page.

And how can people do that.

Well if they go to four -- -- dot com forward.

-- -- to for sure dot com and again.

Put the photos that you can't stand yourself an -- -- -- Obama you know Obama will take care of it.

But it only works if people come to this site and not quite so appreciate -- giving up your time today.

-- label we wanna help as well we understand.

What a trauma units a tremendous loss anyway but then when you lose these memories it's just insult to injury I want to repeat the website you cut out a little bit because -- on Skype.

WWW.

Four FOR.

Shore.

Photos dot com and you can also find.

Jersey Shore hurricane news post.

On on FaceBook as well as couple different ways to find you -- it even if -- go to the website that really that's a great website you can -- around -- a -- And where the most active and yet we keep pushing people that they -- Being booked for -- photos OK we're automatic happen.

OK very good well we look for -- let's check back with you you know final and a few months or something.

And find out how many more do you have a number of how many people you've been able to reunite with their things.

Yeah I mean there are hundreds.

-- really the magical experience to watch it if they're sort of where darkened meeting -- from the storm it's been fantastic.

All right terrific thank you so much for sharing this story we encourage everyone to do this if you're in this area if you find debris it is so important to help others think about.

Losing your own things if you.

If bid if you've been through something like this and how important would be to -- that was -- ST.

And of course for sure photos projects she is the founder.

Had a great idea one day got online and made it happen just like that we --

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