Long Beach swimmers remain buoyed following superstorm
Photo credit: James Escher | Long Beach senior Kevin Whelan works on his freestyle stroke during boys swimming team practice. (Jan. 10, 2013)
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Within half an hour, the surge from an overflowing bay poured through ventilation ducts and filled the basement of the Whelan house on Lindell Boulevard.
It was the night of Oct. 29, during the onslaught of superstorm Sandy, and the Whelan family scrambled to clear the basement of any valuables they could salvage -- mostly photo albums and keepsakes.
"But in no time, the water was up...
