Hurricane Sandy
Rebuilding from Sandy a Struggle for Toms River Paraplegic [VIDEO]
Eric Katz faces accessibility challenges if he must raise his Green Island home
With the help of his father, Eric Katz spent over three years renovating the house that allowed him to live how he wanted. The 30 year-old paraplegic has been in a wheelchair since age 15, but that never stopped him from living an active and independent life. Then Superstorm Sandy struck. His custom home in Toms River's Green Island section was devastated by flooding. "I had never even seen water in the street," said Katz from inside his gutted home, the walls half removed and floors stripped bare. "For [Hurricane] Irene, it didn't even come over the bulkhead." Katz was putting the finishing touches on his lagoon-side ranch just two week before Sandy pushed 35 inches of water into the garage. About 18 inches of water made it inside the …
Mr. ?
11:09 pm on Friday, April 12, 2013
First and most important is the best of luck to Eric and others trying to resolve this disaster and rebuild! And to 1stcav, you are absolutely right and as you stated "Somethings you just have to do yourself"...but you cant anymore because of government and regulation!....most alienated from logic and common sense, and from the true common good - each of us and individual liberty. Freedom and … more ›