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Page 6, The Toms River Times, November 5, 2022
Sandy:
Continued From Page 1 paralyzing areas of the Jersey Shore and in shutting down the Barnegat Beach Island in particular. The ceremony was held at the restored chapel which had been destroyed during Sandy. Noting the devastation in Florida’s recent Hurricane Ian, the theme of the day was to “pay it forward” to help those who now need the same type of services and support that Superstorm Sandy survivors received a decade ago. Father Dennis Eberly opened the ceremony at the chapel and recalled the catastrophic event that occurred on October 29, 2012 when “our lives and the history of our chapel were changed forever.” While most of the Barnegat Beach Island (barrier island) had already evacuated, the Chapel and Fellowship Hall was buttoned up. The chapel and the residence across the street from it were a vacant piece of land by the next morning. Both buildings - among others in the vicinity - were washed away
by the storm surge. “People talk about how bittersweet it was. No one really wants to remember. One person said it was the worst time of my life and the best part of my life. The worst, we lost so much but the best because the best of humanity came together to help and that is what we need to focus on this evening so we can pay it forward,” former Councilwoman Maria Maruca said as the ceremony shifted to the oceanfront boardwalk of Ortley Beach in front of a lifeguard station that had been restored since the storm. Toms River Mayor Maurice “Mo” Hill recalled the fateful period of the days that followed Superstorm Sandy. “Ten years ago, today we were ground zero for Superstorm Sandy. There were 13,000 properties that received some flooding, 8,000 homes were flooded, 4,000 were substantially damaged. The thing that I think impresses me the most is the way this community came together. It was a real sense of community with neighbor helping neighbor. “My mother had a property on Green Island and I can remember all of us going (Sandy - See Page 7)
-Photo by Bob Vosseller A photo featured a post Superstorm Sandy scene on Route 35 in Ortley Beach showing the devastation on the Barnegat Beach (Barrier) Island after the storm.
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