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Nov 6, 2012 4:30 PM EST
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Staten Island Diary: 1 Editor Shares His Harrowing Stories & Photos
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The refrigerator had toppled and blocked the narrow path from the living room to the kitchen. A heavy oak dresser, filled to capacity with clothes, was face down in the middle of the bedroom where her queen mattress once was.

Marlena's actual home. Photo: Courtesy of Ana Petree Garcia