In October 2012, a real estate firm was about to close on a big deal: to redevelop Ocean Village, a housing project in the Rockaways that had fallen into severe disrepair. The tenants were living in squalid conditions; nothing worked; the building was literally falling apart. Then, just a few days before closing on the property, Hurricane Sandy struck the Rockaways, devastating the community and making the distressed property even less valuable than before. Would the real estate firm walk away? Would the result bring Ocean Village back to life? What would happen to the tenants, many of whom were stranded without food and water? This short film tracks an incredible, only-in-New York story.—Anonymous