Obama reassures Sandy victims in tour of Staten Island devastation
Barack Obama visited Sandy-ravaged parts of New York City on Thursday to survey the damage and promise that his administration would "stay here as long as people need help".
The president was given a helicopter tour of the worst-affected parts of the city, flying over the Rockaway penninsula in Queens before landing on Staten Island to meet those impacted by the storm.
"I'm very proud of you, New York. You're tough," Obama said in a brief address in the New Dorp area on Staten Island.
Some 43 people died in New York City as a result of hurricane Sandy, half of those on Staten Island. Many are still without power in the borough. Obama visited New Jersey on 31 October, meeting with governor Chris Christie to view the damage.
"We Americans are going to stand with each other in our hour of need," Obama said.
"People still need emergency help, they still need heat, they still need food. We're going to make sure we stay here as long as people need help."
It is more than two weeks since hurricane Sandy hit the north-east coast of America, but many residents in Staten Island are still unable to return to their homes.
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