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Sandy evacuees spend the holidays in hotels

Superstorm Sandy flooded the home of the Korman

Photo credit: Heather Walsh | Superstorm Sandy flooded the home of the Korman family, making it unlivable and destroying most of their belongings. They are now living in a hotel during the holidays in Massapequa Park. (Dec. 18, 2012)

A little girl looked up anxiously at the front desk clerk of the hotel in Massapequa Park where she was staying with her family and asked: "Do you think Santa will know that I'm here? He usually goes to my house and my house isn't there."

The clerk at that Best Western Bar Harbour Inn, Kathie Heloskie, recalled telling her not to worry, Santa would find her.

The child's family was one...

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