Disabled people especially hard-hit by Sandy
Photo credit: Newsday/Karen Wiles Stabile | Kenneth Martinez sits on the couch with daughters, Ashley Ripalda, 9, holding his crutches, and Khloe Martinez, 2. In addition to his apartment in Far Rockaway, Martinez lost both his power wheelchair and his prosthetic leg during superstorm Sandy. (Nov. 17, 2012)
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Evacuating during superstorm Sandy was a nightmare for the able-bodied, but many disabled New Yorkers said they felt a frightening level of despair and abandonment.
During disasters like Sandy, "disabled people are really left to die," said Reginald Ragland, 59, who relies on a power wheelchair and is living in a Middle Village, Queens, nursing home while he waits for heat and hot water to...
