Alex Marin practices parkour, a sport that embraces the urban landscape as an obstacle course, on the remains of the boardwalk at Rockaway Beach in New York City on Dec. 13, 2012.

Alex Marin practices parkour on the remains of the boardwalk at Rockaway Beach in New York City, Dec. 13.

Alex Marin, right, and Bryant Blackshear practice parkour on the remains of the boardwalk at Rockaway Beach in New York City, Dec. 13.

Parts of the spire for the Freedom Tower make their way on a barge to lower Manhattan on Dec. 11 in New York City.

Pearl Harbor survivor Aaron Chabin, 89, attends a ceremony commemorating the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor in New York City, Dec. 7, 2012. World War II veterans from the New York metropolitan area participated in a wreath-laying ceremony next to the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum.

Pearl Harbor survivor Ed Kmiec, 95, salutes upon departing the USS De Wert after a ceremony remembering the 71st anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor aboard the USS De Wert at the Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 7.

Catholic War Veterans New York State Commander James Mullarkey plays "Taps" during a ceremony commemorating the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor in New York City, Dec. 7.

Pearl Harbor survivors Michael Ganitch, far left, of California and Robert McCoy, center, of Hawaii talk during the 71st Annual Memorial Ceremony commemorating the attacks on Pearl Harbor at the Pacific National Monument in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 7.

The USS Michael Murphy passes the USS Arizona Memorial during the 71st anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument in Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec. 7.

An aerial view shows a house pushed into marshland almost a month after the Oakwood neighborhood in the Staten Island borough of New York was left devastated by Hurricane Sandy, November 28, 2012.

Thanksgiving on Breezy Point: Terri Dodge and her fiancee Steve Peterson drove from Portland, Maine to Breezy Point, NY on Wednesday to cook Thanksgiving dinner for up to 30 people.

Steve Peterson adjusts the heat under a deep fryer as a large turkey cooks.

A deep-fried turkey is placed in a cooler to keep it warm until dinner is served.

Terri Dodge served up Turkey, mashed potatoes, green beens, yams, stuffing, gravy and a canned pork item grilled with maple syrup dubbed "Hurricane Ham"

About 60 volunteers, police and firefighters enjoy a Thanksgiving meal prepared by Teri Dodge and her fiancé Steve Peterson at the Point Breeze Fire Department in Breezy Point, New York, Nov. 22.

Teri Dodge shows off the company patch she was given from Firefighter Sebastian Danese as she receives a round of applause for cooking Thanksgiving dinner at the Point Breeze Fire Department, Breezy Point, New York, Nov. 22.

Ryan Pascuzzi, left, a cadet with the New Rochelle Fire Department, hands out turkey sandwiches to Finbar Devine, center, Tim O'Malley and Tom Ball on 216th Street in Breezy Point.

John Dalton, left, and his nephew Al Dalton salvage items from a neighbor's house before the home is razed. The second floor furniture was moved to Dalton's house at the owner's request.

Sheila and Dominic Traina pose for a photograph on Nov. 15 amid the remains of the house they had lived in for 43 years which was demolished by Hurricane Sandy in New Dorp Beach, Staten Island. The Trainas now face leaving the neighborhood that Sheila Traina said a friend had called

Linda Restaino poses for a photograph in front of a message written by her son on the boarded up back wall of her property which was flooded during Hurricane Sandy in New Dorp Beach, Staten Island. Restaino, who has lived at the property for 35 years, is now hoping to leave Staten Island.

Paul Hernandez poses for a photograph in his front yard as a worker removes the collapsed remains of a portion of his home destroyed when Hurricane Sandy struck in New Dorp Beach, Staten Island. Hernandez said he and other residents were angry at New York city officials for not doing more to protect their neighborhood from the ocean and the prospect of flooding.

Reverend Alex K Joy, pastor and president of the St. George Malankara Orthodox Church in New Dorp Beach, Staten Island, poses for a photograph in the basement of his church which was flooded by Hurricane Sandy. Reverend Joy, who has served as a pastor for 37 years, has been struggling to raise the $150,000 plus needed to repair the storm damage and reopen the church.

Jaswinder Kaur poses for a photograph with her two children Taranjot, 9, and Harshjot, 5, as they stand in the remains of their convenience and deli store which was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in New Dorp Beach, Staten Island. Jaswinder, a single mother, faces an uncertain furture as the building that she rented may need to be torn down. At least 23 New Yorkers were killed in this low lying area of the south shore of Staten Island where mostly one-story former beach bungalows were inundated by flooding.

Susan Aman poses for a photograph as she searches through debris for personal belongings from her father's home in Oakwood Beach, Staten Island November 14, 2012. At least 23 people died on Staten Island due to Hurricane Sandy most from drowning in storm surge flooding.

Nancy Gardini holds wedding pictures of her parents and of her mother and her two grandmothers that she salvaged from the remains of her home, destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, on Fox Beach Avenue on the south side of Staten Island, New York City.

A photograph lays on the stoop of a home condemned after flooding from Hurricane Sandy in the Midland Beach neighborhood of Staten Island in New York City, Nov 13.

Family photos lie in the debris of Michael Russo's flood damaged home on Nov. 1, in the Ocean Breeze area of the Staten Island borough of New York City.

Rosalind Silletto displays 43-year old water logged photos of her aunt's wedding party removed from her basement on Nov. 6, in the New Dorp Beach neighborhood of the Staten Island borough of New York City.

A damaged family portrait is propped outside of a flooded home in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York City.

Photographs of Elliott Miller's wedding day and graduation lay on a snow covered bench on Nov. 8, in Point Pleasant, N.J.

Kerilynn and Drew Allen clean flood ravaged items out of their Breezy Point, N.Y., home on on Nov. 2.

Family photographs are piled on a water-logged chair in the backyard of Dean Stavley 's home following the damage by Hurricane Sandy in Seaside Heights, N.J.

Photographs are seen jammed into a fence left by Hurricane Sandy on the south side of hard-hit Staten Island in New York City.

A woman weeps as she is overwhelmed by emotion after finding her family photographs inside of her heavily damaged home in the New Dorp Beach neighborhood of the Staten Island borough of New York City.

Frank Burfeind displays a wedding photo salvaged from a flood-damaged home on Nov. 1, in the Ocean Breeze area of the Staten Island borough of New York City.

People wait on line to buy gasoline during a Nor'easter snowstorm on Nov. 7, 2012 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

Sanitation workers shovel snow from Queens Blvd. in New York on Wednesday night.

Billy Hague takes a break from cleaning up after Hurricane Sandy at his mother's house in the Ocean Breeze neighborhood of Staten Island, N.Y. on Monday.

A sign in front of Billy Hague's home reads 'No Trespass-will be shot.' in the Ocean Breeze neighborhood of Staten Island, New York on Nov. 5.

Peter Emelock takes a minute from cleaning his modest home in the Ocean Breeze neighborhood of Staten Island, N.Y. on Nov. 5.

Marines work alongside members of the New York Sanitation department to clear debris from the Midland Beach neighborhood in Staten Island, N.Y. on Nov. 5