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Trailer keeps family close after Sandy

Beth Rinaudo of Massapequa and her family have

Beth Rinaudo of Massapequa and her family have been living in a rented trailer on their property since superstorm Sandy ravaged her house. Videojournalist: Thomas A. Ferrara (Jan. 25, 2013) (January 26, 2013 7:32 PM)

As superstorm Sandy approached Long Island on that Monday in October, Beth Rinaudo was burying her mother, Harriette Purdy, who had died of cancer three days earlier.

After a 10 a.m. church service in Bayport, the Rinaudo family and other relatives stood in a cemetery, storm winds whipping the trees, to lay her mother to rest.

Two hours later, they were back at their Massapequa home...

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