For New York, New Jersey transit agencies, the Hurricane Sandy recovery process continues
Helena Williams spent the night of Oct. 29, 2012, holed up in the "situation room" at MTA Long Island Rail Road's (LIRR) Jamaica, N.Y., headquarters. The LIRR president watched live video feeds monitoring critical areas of the rail system as Hurricane Sandy made landfall in New York City and on Long Island. She watched water rush over a five-foot-high dam protecting Penn Station. She saw the East River tunnels flood. And she witnessed the storm surge from the Hudson River pour over the wall of West Side Yard, a critical component of LIRR's service into Manhattan.
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