Hurricane Sandy downed this tree in the backyard of the North Bellmore, N.Y., home of the parents of Sarwat Ahmad of Plainfield. Ahmad was visiting her parents when the hurricane hit. | Sarwat Ahmad ~ For Sun-Times Media
Boro Sangulin paddles a kayak through a flooded 16th Street from the effects of superstorm Sandy in Bayville, N.Y., on Tuesday, Oct., 30, 2012. Sangulin was checking on the flood damage of his home at the end of the block. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
Editor’s note: Herald-News freelancer Sarwat S. Ahmad of Plainfield sent this first-person report of her experience with Hurricane Sandy. As Sandy unleashed its fury outside, we sat by candlelight draining the fluid out of my mom’s cancerous lung. I put wet swabs in her mouth …
