New York (Reuters) - President barack Obama to comfort victims of grief Superstorm sandy in the land, and from the air on Thursday the disaster area to carry on the investigation, visited New York city are still struggling to recover after 17 days of storm destroyed in the northeast region.
The President in wind lv and strong shoes, and went through the destruction staten island part of the administrative region, hugging and chat of person's life were shattered, when sandy slammed ashore on October 29,, brought a record storm surge, killing more than 120 people were killed.
He comfort is Glenda and damien Moore, in staten island parents 4 connor and two year old two boys brandon, after his death, the flood waters from their mother's arms torn.
Morse requirements, Obama also praised the New York police will Kevin and raga er and stay in the molar family, help them to go through the miserable night.
"This is not competent for the job description of the army lieutenant and raga er, he did, because that is our first reaction to do so much, they beyond mission summoning respond to need," Obama told reporters.
"The unity of spirit and sense of responsibility, and find out what was wrong with each other, we spend this tragedy, this is not an easy thing, he said:" aboard air force one before the return to Washington.
Since the storm, this is the first time barack Obama to New York, and his November 6 re-elected. Come here, because he faces other pressing problems, such as automatic loom tax increases and spending cuts "financial cliff" special economic growth, the unrest in the Middle East, from his cia director resigned consequences.
The great storms caused an estimated $5 billion of damage, because it flooded Manhattan the dungeon seawater, rearranged the New Jersey coast and long island and torn in the distant New York city periphery district community.
At least 22 people died and tend to be the republican enclave, but vote for Obama's 50% to 49%, more than the challenger Romney (Mitt Romney) in Staten island.
Barack Obama has declared that he has appointed housing and urban development secretary Donovan (Shaun Donovan), is a New Yorker, as the federal government's "point" supervision storm recovery.
He didn't answer actually is how to pay for the damage.
New York state governor Andrew's library (Andrew Cuomo) expected, the storm caused $5 billion of damage and economic loss more than $30 billion, in New York state alone.
FEMA is due to pay off some victims and the local government of damage, but only about $8.1 billion to provide, this means that the congress of the United States may have to dial out more money when people are talking about in Washington's austerity.
The storm also caused the surge in the United States last week for the first time, "please unemployment relief number and heavy factory activity in November, serious sandy thrashed the U.S. economy in the fourth quarter early signs.
Survey from the sky
At New York's Kennedy airport arrival, President bush and other officials on a helicopter flew over storm ravaged areas include Rockaways before landing in Staten island, cool wind blow gently point and coney island.
Obama with generator roar still lack of power, in staten island background, entered the white-hot, and disaster recovery tent run by the federal emergency management agency (FEMA) affairs, the greeting of people standing in line.
In the small business administration business owners apply for low-interest loans tents, Obama and a woman chat, embrace another few minutes, with her together, set out various postures photos.
"Thank you for your great work," he told workers, points out that the volunteers from all parts of the country. "Dallas SAN Juan, we get the whole country representative here." FEMA volunteers as a group, he said: "you proud."
To join his Donovan, como, mayor Michael bloomberg, homeland security secretary janet giorgio napolitano sent, and two American New York senator Charles schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand.
In the absence of electricity, gasoline shortages and bureaucratic obstacles recovery victims more and more depressed.
"This is very good, the President also come, but he didn't see the play the social damage, two weeks ago," said lisa Ann o ponte, 25, a few blocks from barack Obama. "It all too late, you know, we need our President here first time occurs, when we in the night near the frozen at was flooded.
She and her husband, alex 31 (Bogomolmik,), said they had to swim to their car as a 10 feet (3 m) wave bulk toward their home. "More than 30 seconds, we won't car, we'll drown," Bogomolmik said.
In Obama before arrived, small army of federal, state and local law enforcement went to the mud caking streets, vehicle towed fragments. Construction workers fixed unearthed streets and exhausted neighbors volunteers to fill the dustbin is full of water furniture and broken fragment flag.
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