Sandy's impact: People hit by the 'Superstorm'

Jose Garcia, left, smiles as he and friend Emilio Estrada walk away from a water distribution station as they searched for supplies following Superstorm Sandy, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in Hoboken, N.J. Most of the city remained without electricity Friday, four days after a tidal surge sent the Hudson River over its banks and into homes and businesses.

Julio Cortez | AP
Michael Galante looks for clothes that fit him at an impromptu aid station set up by local churches in Staten Island, New York, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012.

Seth Wenig | AP
Natalie Arellano, 12, right, hugs and lifts Isabella Carvalho, 8, after they met on the street in their neighborhood in Staten Island, New York, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. The two friends had not seen each other since their respective families evacuated because of Storm Sandy.

Seth Wenig | AP
Volodymyr Krupa takes a cigarette break on his street while cleaning out his flood damaged home in the Staten Island borough of New York, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. A Superstorm Sandy relief fund is being created just for residents of the hard-hit New York City borough. Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Borough President James Molinaro say the fund will help residents displaced from their homes.

Seth Wenig | AP
Sheila and Dominic Traina hug in front of their home which was demolished during Superstorm Sandy in Staten Island, N.Y., Friday, Nov. 2, 2012.

Seth Wenig | AP
Christopher Traina tries to salvage personal items from the basement of his parents' home, which was destroyed during Superstorm Sandy in Staten Island, New York, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012.

Seth Wenig | AP
9-year-old Sidney, no last name available, helps bag Meals-Ready-to-Eat (MREs) for distribution to the residents of the Lower East Side who remain without power due to Superstorm Sandy, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in New York. In Manhattan, where 226,000 buildings, homes and business remain without power, Consolidated Edison says they should have service restored by Saturday.

John Minchillo | AP
Tara Reyes talks on the phone in the middle of her street in Staten Island, New York, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses.

Seth Wenig | AP
George Giannaros barbecues steaks Wednesday in front of New York's Old Homestead Steakhouse, where he works. In superstorm Sandy's wake, businesses big and small faced a choice: to reopen or stay closed. Some opened despite lacking electricity. Others bused in essential workers.
People in Little Ferry, N.J., are rescued by raft Tuesday, after superstorm Sandy struck. President Barack Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie prepared to visit storm zones today.

Craig Ruttle | Associated Press
The Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens, New York, was devastated by Hurricane Sandy. Firemen from Engine 45 from the Bronx mop up the area of Breezy Point where more than 50 homes were burned to the ground on Tuesday, October 30, 2012. (Carolyn Cole/ Los Angeles Times/ MCT)

Carolyn Cole | MCT
Jason Locke sweeps water and mud from his parents' home in Westport, Mass., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Sandy, the storm which was downgraded from a hurricane just before making landfall, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses.

Peter Pereira | AP
Pedestrians asses the damage from flooding near Rockaway Beach in the New York City borough of Queens Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in New York. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Frank Franklin II | AP
Brian Hajeski, 41, of Brick, N.J., is overwhelmed Tuesday after seeing debris of a home washed up onto a bridge in Mantoloking, N.J., the morning after Sandy plowed through.

Julio Cortez | Associated Press
On a National Guard truck, Ali LaPointe, of Hoboken, N.J., hands her daughter Eliza Skye LaPointe, 18-months-old, to Hoboken firefighters, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in Hoboken, N.J., in the wake of superstorm Sandy. Some residents are being plucked from their homes by large trucks as parts of the city are still covered in standing water.

Craig Ruttle | AP

Extensive damage and pain is part of the legacy of the storm named Sandy. So is the toll on individuals who lost family, property and treasure to the violent storm. Here's a look at many of those folks.

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