Superstorm Sandy: Retired Firefighter Bob Reilly's Story
609 views · Published 20 March 2013 · 2:55 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: American Red Cross · 2013 · Nonprofits & Activism
February, 2013 -- NEW YORK CITY -- Every disaster is different, every disaster is personal. Just ask Bob Reilly. The retired NYC firefighter has helped thousands of people in his career...and now he is the one who has to start anew. Bob was one of the many families who lived in Breezy Point when Sandy came ashore, knocking homes off foundations and starting a fire that tore through their close-knit neighborhood. Bob talks about his past, his future and how the American Red Cross was there for him and his neighbors in the days after Sandy had come and gone.
