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Coast Guard had rescued 14 crew members earlier from replica tall ship. This photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows the HMS Bounty, a 180-foot sailboat, submerged in the Atlantic Ocean during Hurricane Sandy approximately 90 miles southeast of Hatteras, N.C., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. The Coast Guard rescued 14 of the 16 crew members by helicopter. Hours later, rescuers found one of the missing crew members, but she was unresponsive. They are still searching for the captain. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Tim Kuklewski) View the full article

Nerves frayed as night fell. People stop along the Brooklyn waterfront to look at the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan skyline, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 in New York. Much of lower Manhattan is without electric power following the impact of superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) View the full article

Workers describe feeling a burning sensation on their skin. Emergency personnel stand at the Santa Teresa Industrial Park in Santa Teresa, N.M. on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 after the site was evacuated and the nearby airport was closed. New Mexico authorities say an unknown hazardous materials release has sickened about 200 people near the Mexican border just northwest of El Paso, Texas. (AP Photo/Juan Carlos Llorca) View the full article

Mayor Bloomberg: "The crane is currently stable." A construction crane atop a luxury high-rise dangles precariously over the streets after collapsing in high winds from Hurricane Sandy, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Hurricane Sandy bore down on the Eastern Seaboard's largest cities Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds, soaking rain and a surging wall of water up to 11 feet tall. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) View the full article

Lifeteam ambulance deployed six ambulances and 12 paramedics to Fort Dix, N.J. View the full article

Multi-Township EMS sent two paramedic-staffed ambulances. View the full article

JEMS Editor-in-Chief A.J. Heightman shares personal message to EMS crews responding to superstorm Sandy. View the full article

Huge storm has caused 33 U.S. deaths and left 8.2 million without power. View the full article

Police and fire departments relocate after being knocked out by floodwaters. A woman is lifted into a National Guard vehicle after leaving her flooded home at the Metropolitan Trailer Park in Moonachie, N.J. Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, after supsterstorm Sandy. Sandy, which was downgraded from hurricane just before making landfall, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) View the full article

The death toll climbed to 34, many of the victims killed by falling trees. Glenn Heartley pulls on a rope attached to his car in preparation for getting it towed from a creek in Chincoteague, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Heartley and his wife were swept off the road into the shallow creek during superstorm Sandy's arrival Monday. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) View the full article

Some patients were on respirators operating on battery power. Medical workers assist a patient into an ambulance during an evacuation of New York University's Tisch Hospital, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. The New York City hospital is moving out more than 200 patients after its backup generator failed when the power was knocked out by a superstorm. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo) View the full article

NYU's Tisch Hospital evacuated 200 patients after its backup generator failed. Patients — among them 20 babies from neonatal intensive care that were on battery-powered respirators — had to be carried down staircases and to dozens of waiting ambulances. Ambulances wait outside New York University Tisch Hospital during an evacuation of the hospital after its backup generator failed when the power was knocked out by a superstorm, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Dozens of ambulances lined up outside NYU Tisch Hospital on Monday night as doctors and nurses began the slow process of taking people out. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) View the full article

Some of the rescue workers wore white protective suits to keep them from being stung by the bees. View the full article

New York University's hospital lost backup power. Lower Manhattan goes dark during hurricane Sandy, on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, as seen from Brooklyn, N.Y. Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) View the full article

"Stay safe" and "be safe" have been among the most used terms on Facebook throughout this storm. View the full article

A crane is dangling off a 65-story building. A crane dangles from the top of a building on W. 57th Street. (Screenshot from NBC NY video) View the full article

Urban search and rescue team prepares to respond in wake of super storm. View the full article

Three from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue will help managers in Washington. View the full article

Thousands of patients are kept in ambulances to help units hit a four-hour target to treat or discharge patients. View the full article

There were sterility concerns after a surprise inspection prompted by the nationwide meningitis outbreak. View the full article

Medics in Deep Creek help support police search and recovery team. View the full article

20 homes evacuated in southern Louisville. View the full article

Tall ship was taking on water off the coast of North Carolina In this July 9, 2012, file photo, a replica of the historic ship HMS Bounty, right, sails past a lighthouse, center, as it departs Narragansett Bay and heads out to sea off the coast of Newport, R.I. The Coast Guard aid Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, that the 17 people aboard the HMS Bounty have gotten into two lifeboats, wearing survival suits and life jackets. The HMS Bounty, a tall ship, was in distress off North Carolina's Outer Banks as Hurricane Sandy swirls toward the East Coast. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) View the full article

Storm surge and dangerously high winds threaten millions. Mark Palazzolo, owner of a bait and tackle shop on the Manasquan Inlet in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., sits next to wood he has used to board up his business in previous major storms, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. Of Hurricane Sandy, he said, "I think this is going to do us in." (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) View the full article

N.C. declares state of emergency, N.Y. considers shutting down subway Beachgoers walk in the wind and rain as waves generated by Hurricane Sandy crash into Jeanette's Pier in Nags Head, N.C., Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 as the storm churns up the east coast. Hurricane Sandy, upgraded again Saturday just hours after forecasters said it had weakened to a tropical storm, was barreling north from the Caribbean and was expected to make landfall early Tuesday near the Delaware coast, then hit two winter weather systems as it moves inland, creating a hybrid monster storm. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) View the full article