Hurricane Sandy rescue missions

Rescue workers help stranded people out of their flooded homes in Seaside Heights, N.J., following the arrival of superstorm Sandy, Oct. 30, 2012. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses.

New Jersey National Guard Spc. Wilfredo Rodriguez, top, helps a woman off a boat and into a high clearing vehicle as rescue workers help stranded people out of their flooded homes in Seaside Heights, N.J. on Oct. 30, 2012. after superstorm Sandy made landfall in New Jersey Monday evening.

People are rescued from floodwaters on a large truck in Little Ferry, N.J., Oct. 30, 2012, in the wake of superstorm Sandy.

Amanda Lucier,AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot

A Jayhawk helicopter operated by the U.S. Coast Guard continues search and rescue operations for captain Robin Walbridge of the tall ship HMS Bounty, which turned on its side 90 miles southeast of Hatteras, N.C. during Hurricane Sandy on Monday, in Elizabeth City, N.C., Oct. 30, 2012. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses.

Elaine Belviso, 72, is rescued from her flooded home by Suffolk County police after being trapped there overnight by superstorm Sandy, Oct. 30, 2012, in Babylon, N.Y. Sandy arrived along the East Coast and morphed into a huge and problematic system, putting more than 7.5 million homes and businesses in the dark and causing a number of deaths.

Harford County, Md., rescue team members alert a resident to a voluntary evacuation plan as a tidal surge rises in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, Oct. 30, 2012 in Havre de Grace, Md.

FDNY inflatable boats travel along 14th street towards the East River on a rescue mission in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain.

People, some waving to those on dry ground, are rescued by boat in Little Ferry, N.J., Oct. 30, 2012, in the wake of superstorm Sandy. Sandy, the storm that made landfall caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses.

People are rescued by boat on a flooded street in Little Ferry, N.J., Oct. 30, 2012, in the wake of superstorm Sandy. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses.

A USCG crew member uses a hoist to bring up a survivor into a helicopter. A replica tall ship caught in Hurricane Sandy's wrath began taking on water, forcing the crew to abandon the boat Monday in rough seas off the North Carolina coast. The Coast Guard rescued 14 crew members by helicopter, but two people were still missing.

Taxis sit in a flooded lot after the superstorm Sandy Oct. 30, 2012, in Hoboken, N.J. — Craig Ruttle

On a National Guard truck, Ali LaPointe, of Hoboken, N.J., hands her 18-month-old daughter, Eliza Skye LaPointe, to Hoboken firefighters, Oct. 31, 2012, in Hoboken, N.J., in the wake of superstorm Sandy. Residents were rescued from their homes as parts of the city are still covered in seep, standing water.

Firefighters work on an early morning storm related fire in the heavily damaged Brighton Beach section on Oct. 31, 2012, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. It is believed the two alarm fire started due to wide spread power outages and destroyed power lines.

An emergency vehicle drives on a flooded street in Little Ferry, N.J. in the wake of superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses.

People and pets picked up from flooded homes are transported in a large truck to dry ground, in Little Ferry, N.J., Oct. 30, 2012 in the wake of superstorm Sandy.

Rescuers bring people out by boat in Little Ferry, N.J., Oct. 30, 2012, in the wake of superstorm Sandy. Sandy arrived along the East Coast and morphed into a huge and problematic system, putting more than 7.5 million homes and businesses in the dark and causing a number of deaths.

Esperanza Medina, second from left, is taken from a rescue boat along with pets in Little Ferry, N.J., Oct. 30, 2012, in the wake of superstorm Sandy as hundreds were brought out of flooded areas by boat.