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Sandy-struck family from Stony Point flooded with Christmas gifts

From bottom left, Kim Rodgers of Brooklyn, Francesa

Photo credit: Angela Gaul | From bottom left, Kim Rodgers of Brooklyn, Francesa DiMartino, 1, of Jersey City, and BIcki Ho of BRooklyn play with Caleb Roman, 2, in his home in Garnerville. His mother Sonia Castillo lost everything in Hurricane Sandy. Castillo's step-mother Gloria Sanchez of Haverstraw and Meghan Bailey of Brooklyn are also pictured. (Dec. 21, 2012)

Hurricane Sandy survivor Sonia Castillo broke down into tears of happiness as her 2-year-old son Caleb giggled and played with toy cars in their new apartment in Garnerville Friday afternoon, amid a litter of bags and boxes from donated Christmas gifts.

Castillo's old apartment, a first-floor flat on North Street in Stony Point, was ravaged on Oct. 29 when the 15-foot storm surge from superstorm...

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