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Fire Island first look: 'The beach is in my house'

Originally published: November 14, 2012 3:31 PM
Updated: November 14, 2012 9:42 PM
By CANDICE RUUD candice.ruud@newsday.com

Chris Gurl looks to what's left of his

Photo credit: Newsday/Alejandra Villa | Chris Gurl looks to what's left of his beach home on Fire Island. (Nov. 14, 2012)

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Chris Gurl returned to Fire Island Wednesday for the first time since superstorm Sandy to find his large, two-story oceanfront home heaved off its pilings, its underbelly partially exposed and its contents spilled out like toys in a sandbox.

"My kitchen is on the floor," Gurl said, fighting tears. Gurl, 43, came to Ocean Bay Park on an early ferry that was open only to Fire Island property...

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