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US Air Force crews in New York offload power grid repair equipment from Southern California Thursday. The Defense Department initiated the airlift operation.

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New York Army National Guard soldiers rush to evacuate a patient from Bellevue Hospital in New York Wednesday.

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Evacuees look at wreckage while riding on a US Army National Guard vehicle in Seaside Heights, N.J., Wednesday.

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York Army National Guard unload supplies Thursday.