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Gateway National Recreation Area spans 27,000 acres from Sandy Hook, New Jersey, to Breezy Point in New York City, combining beaches and green space with historic and cultural landscapes.
While helping a Breezy Point couple search their burned property, Kevin noticed an unburned wooden cross and found the family's safe in the rubble about five minutes later.
Breezy Point's Sandy recovery was not only about rebuilding houses: New York City's plan funded risk-mitigation work intended to reduce future fire and flood exposure in the community.
Kevin's relief day at Breezy Point coincided with President Barack Obama's November 15, 2012 inspection visit; he remembered presidential helicopters passing the beachfront as the team paused after recovery work.
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