Motorist stuck on the LIE: 'Did they forget about us?'
Long Islanders began the burdensome task Saturday of clearing away copious amounts of snow that fell across the area Friday evening until daybreak. Videojournalist: Newsday Staff (Feb. 9, 2013) (February 9, 2013 12:49 PM)
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Richard Ebbrecht left his Brooklyn office at 3 p.m. Friday, thinking he'd beat the blizzard home to Middle Island.
But the blizzard beat him, as it did many who were trapped overnight on the Long Island Expressway.
It took Ebbrecht five hours to reach Exit 63 on the LIE. It took a few more hours to dig out of the service road there. Around 1 a.m. he got onto Middle Country Road. There...
