Photos: Storm victims and first responders venture out

Crying on the shoulder of a rescue worker
A woman cries on the shoulder of an emergency responder after being evacuated due to flooding caused by Hurricane Sandy, on October 30, 2012, in Little Ferry, New Jersey.
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The winds and flooding inflicted by the fast-weakening Sandy have subsided, leaving at least 55 people dead along the Atlantic Coast and splintering beachfront homes and boardwalks from the mid-Atlantic states to southern New England.