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One point, blew off the roof of the local hospital icu unit. internal medicine specialist, speaking with cnn, earlier, after the incident. >> it's terrible. i am still in the hospital. still have not been able to leave. we knew, being in florida, that the storms can be bad. however, we weren't expecting it to be this bad. a bunch of us doctors, and nurses, and other staff members, sleep in the hospital. unfortunately, today we, had about 160 patients and house, and our roof blew off. part of the roof on the icu. so, of course, we had torrential rain coming in, which we went down the stairwell,...

>> josmar: you know, the response from everyday people was good, like one of the best things about what happened right afterwards was the way a lot of people came together who lived here, but also how a lot of people kind of came in, pitched in, brought food, brought generators, but officially with like government, the semi-governmental groups, they dropped the ball. >> anthony: what was the problem? >> josmar: they weren't ready for it. the rockaways by design was never a place where there was a lot of good investment, or infrastructure anyway to begin with. >> anthony: why? look, this is wha...

Contributed and have been a part of his life. >> they call me -- i need to take you and your sister. let hees go to the playground. let's go play soccer. >> they were total strangers. >> the decided to renovate a house. will pitched in, eager to help what he thought was another family in need. >> i was working as hard as i can. i knew to help someone -- >> really got his hands dirty. he learned a trade. >> this house is for you and your family. >> sometimes you just need someone to believe in you in life, to give you a chance to get you going, so you pick up and you're good, you can swim on yo...

Of his life. some really small and some really big ways. >> they call me -- i need to take you and your sister. let's go to the playground. let's go play soccer. >> they were total strangers. >> the decided to renovate a house. will pitched in, eager to help what he thought was another family in need. >> i was working as hard as i can. i knew to help someone -- >> really got his hands dirty. he learned a trade. >> this house is for you and your family. >> sometimes you just need someone to believe in you in life, to give you a chance to get you going, so you pick up and you're good, you can sw...

One positive act can lead to another positive act. it's not just my brother. it's the community, and it shows the power of collective support. >> the momentum kept building. lincoln and the community decided to renovate a house. will pitched in, eager to help what he thought was another family in need. >> i was working very hard as i can because i always knew this was to help someone. >> he really got his hands dirty, learned a trade. >> this house is really for you and your family. >> it gave me something amazing. the house, which they gave me on christmas, which i didn't realize it would be ...