Strong” spirit.
“It surprised me that people
could be so selfless,” said Minnella. “One person who had lost
his house told me, ‘you know, a
lot of people have things worse
than me.’ It was people thinking
of who has it worse tha n me and
what can I do to help? That’s why
I decided why focus on the negative? There’s so much negative
that people can see and I don’t
think that’s what happens the
majority of the time. I think that’s
just what people focus on because it seems juicier and I don’t
think it has to be.”
Some of the most difficult moments to watch were also the
hardest to film. These were the
demolition scenes of houses being crushed - often with the family who lived there watching it
crumble to the ground. For Minnella, these scenes weren’t just
difficult on an emotional level,
they were also challenging on a
physical level. The demolition
Coverage of Superstorm Sandy from the UK
NewJerseyStage.com
2016 - ISSUE 1
Table of Contents
97