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BRINGING YOU LIVE REPORTS FROM
WELCOME TO 22NEWS AT FIVE. I'M
LAURA HUTCHINSON....
THE TRI- STATE AREA WHERE
THOUSANDS ARE STILL WITHOUT
POWER AND MANY MORE ARE
22NEWS REPORTER ELYSIA RODRIGUEZ
CONNECTICUT, RHODE ISLAND AND
NEW YORK.
SHE JOINS US NOW LIVE IN NEW
JERSEY WHERE THE SHORELINE WAS
BADLY BATTERED.
WE HAVE BEEN TRAVELING WITH
VOLUNTEERS FROM THE PIONEER
IN THESE DAMAGED AREAS FOR WEEKS
PROVIDING RELIEF.
AND THE DEVASTATION ON THE
JERSEY SHORE IS EXTENSIVE. HOMES
TORN TO PIECES, BUSINESS
NEARLY 40 PEOPLE DIED AS A
DIRECT RESULT OF SANDY. SEVERAL
RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS WE SPOKE TO
THEY'VE SEEN.
DEPLOYMENT, I STARTED WITH
KATRINA AND THAT WAS QUITE AND
EXPERIENCE TO START WITH AND I
KATRINA, IT'S MUCH MORE LAND
MASS INVOLVED AND MANY MORE
CROSS IS GOING TO BE OUT HERE
FOR QUITE A WHILE HELPING THESE
PEOPLE."
CRITICIZED ABOUT THE DELAY IN
RELIEF TO SOME OF THESE AREAS
AND THEIR USE OF DONATIONS. SO
FAR THE ORGANIZATION HAS
DOLLARS AND OF COURSE THAT
CENTS OUT OF EVERY DOLLAR GOES
TO SERVICES FOR VICTIMS. ON
CLOSER LOOK AT WHERE YOUR
DONATIONS ARE GOING. LIVE IN