Superstorm victims on Thanksgiving

Chick Sorbello, right, of Lavallette, N.J., consoles Elizabeth Docimo of Brick, as she talks about damage to the shore with Gov. Chris Christie, Nov. 21, 2012, in Toms River, N.J. Christie, his wife, Mary Pat Christie, and other volunteers handed out prepared Thanksgiving dinners to the needy near the shore area devastated by superstorm Sandy.

Gov. Chris Christie, fourth from left, and wife, Mary Pat Christie, second from left, join other volunteers in Toms River, N.J., Nov. 21, 2012, as they pack and hand out prepared Thanksgiving dinners for the needy near the shore area devastated by superstorm Sandy.

Anthony Gatti makes a call while resting the in a tent where he is living in the Midland Beach section of the Staten Island borough of New York, Nov. 20, 2012. Gatti's home was severely damaged by superstorm Sandy and he has been living in the tent in his yard. While his younger brother is hosting a Thanksgiving dinner for the family, Anthony said he doesn't plan to go. "I'm going to stay here and protect what we have left," he said. "Which isn't much. But it's still ours."

Marge Gatti, right, and her son Anthony Gatti receive hot meals from volunteers in the Midland Beach section of the Staten Island borough of New York, Nov. 20, 2012. Of all things material, Gatti has nothing. And yet, on Thanksgiving Day, she will be counting her blessings this year. "My sons are alive. They were trapped here," says Gatti, 67, who lived in this beige-colored home down the block from the Atlantic Ocean for 32 years.

Marge Gatti stands in front of her home, which was damaged by superstorm Sandy, in the Midland Beach section of the Staten Island borough of New York, Nov. 20, 2012.

Marge Gatti looks at a photograph she was able to salvage, while standing in her bedroom in her home which was damaged by superstorm Sandy, in the Staten Island borough of New York, Nov. 16. 2012.

Ray Marten poses with the street number sign recovered from the ashes of his fire-destroyed home in the Belle Harbor section of the Queens borough of New York, Nov. 18, 2012. Marten is thankful that his teenage children are alive. The three of them narrowly escaped a fire that swept through their community the night superstorm Sandy slammed into the East Coast.