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Runners. >> i looked at new york city are. this is a city that picks it up and says we have to move forward and we have to continue to remind people that this is one of the greatest cities on the earth. >> but having gone through hell and high water, residents near staten island are thinking survival rather than triumph of spirit. >> i know there's a lot of plans and a lot of involved, but there's people here that lost their lives. >> we are in desperate need. these are people's lives. everything we're picking up here, it's not debris. it's remnants of people's lives. >> you think those 47,000...

These aren't state or local people. these are volunteers, people from stat ten -- staten island and the surrounding boroughs. this is michael grille. >> if there's enough back-slapping and glad-handing to do it's these volunteers. they're unbelievable. in spite of everything. i do mean that. unfortunately, in spite of the government, this community has come together like you can never imagine. 250 volunteers in tottenville went basement to basement, cleaned people's stuff out and just unbelievable things. organizing crews to take elderly people's sheet rock out so they don't get mold. all citi...

And we have to continue to remind people that this is one of the greatest cities on the earth. >> but having gone through hell and high water, residents near staten island are thinking survival rather than triumph of spirit. >> i know there's a lot of plans and a lot of things involved, but there's people here that lost their lives. >> we are in desperate need. these are people's lives. everything we're picking up here, it's not debris. it's remnants of people's lives. >> you think those 47,000 people who came for the marathon can turn it around or come here to help you? >> that would be the i...

Organizing small groups, going door-to-door, making sure people have food. if they need medical attention, their medication, whatever they need, we make sure they're going to get. >> now, who are you and tell me your story. >> my name is de s-h-h-h a and this is my mother. we come down here from midland, and we got hit really, really bad. my house is flooded with over nine, ten feet of water, and everything that we had, all our belongings are gone. and right now my siblings and i and my father are -- mother and i are separated. so we're struggling to find a place to be to be together and to ha...

>> from queens. >> from queens. why on a cold night? >> we thought since this morning we prepared hot food and went to rockaway and came here and found this. it's like god brought us here. >> all from queens? >> brooklyn. >> where are you from? >> staten island. >> who are you. >> anthony. >> what role? you're kind of a supervisor here. >> me, ron and nick put everything together. we shipped out over 300 cars with food, water, and everything, and all the people got everything down into the -- >> kenny, show that stuff there. where did this stuff come from? >> donations all day long. donations ...