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Gawkers head to N.Y.’s storm-ravaged neighborhoods

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John Papanier directs traffic on a street congested by vehicles during cleanup after Superstorm Sandy, in the New Dorp section of Staten Island, N.Y. Residents of New York's Staten Island borough are noticing something new as they and volunteers work to clear the remains of storm-damaged homes: gawkers.

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A woman who did not want to give her name returns home from work in the snow to her house in the New Dorp section of Staten Island, N.Y. Residents there are noticing more gawkers in the area. Cruising by in cars or walking through streets snapping photos, these are people drawn to the scene of a tragedy to glimpse what they've seen on television come to life.

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People gather on the buckled boardwalk of the Rockaway Park neighborhood of the borough of Queens, New York, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012, in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

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Garbage trucks, hulking military vehicles and mud-caked cars move slowly through a Staten Island waterfront neighborhood still reeling from Superstorm Sandy's storm surge. Then comes an outlier: a spotless SUV with three passengers peering out windows at a mangled home choked with sea grass: Disaster tourists.
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    • John Papanier directs traffic on a street congested by vehicles during cleanup after Superstorm Sandy, in the New Dorp section of Staten Island, N.Y. Residents of New York’s Staten Island borough are noticing something new as they and volunteers work to clear the remains of storm-damaged homes: gawkers.
    • A woman who did not want to give her name returns home from work in the snow to her house in the New Dorp section of Staten Island, N.Y. Residents there are noticing more gawkers in the area. Cruising by in cars or walking through streets snapping photos, these are people drawn to the scene of a tragedy to glimpse what they’ve seen on television come to life.
    • People gather on the buckled boardwalk of the Rockaway Park neighborhood of the borough of Queens, New York, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012, in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
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