Breezy Point Burns in Floodwaters

Robert Connolly, left, embraces his wife Laura as they survey the remains of the home owned by her parents that burned to the ground in Breezy Point.

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Breezy Point Burns in Floodwaters

A tiny beachfront neighborhood told to evacuate before Sandy hit New York burned down as it was inundated by floodwaters, transforming a quaint corner of the Rockaways into a smoke-filled debris field.

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