New DH calendar
Article updated: 11/12/2012 12:22 PM

Suburban marathoners become volunteers in wake of Sandy

Buy this photo Buy this photo
next prev 2 of 3
   

More than 1,000 would-be marathoners descended on Staten Island Nov. 4, the day of the canceled New York City Marathon, to help with cleanup in one of the hardest hit communities in New York.

COURTESY OF colleen Huml

Gallery Image

Volunteers help hand out food and water to Staten Island residents Nov. 4 during relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. The group of largely would-be marathoners was organized by NYC Marathon of Relief Efforts once the race was canceled and runners were left with an open day.

Photo submitted by Colleen Huml

What looks like an empty field was once a row of houses largely swept away by Hurricane Sandy. More than 1,000 would-be marathoners descended on Staten Island Nov. 4, the day of the canceled New York City Marathon, to help with relief efforts in one of the hardest hit communities in New York.

Photo submitted by Colleen Huml

About this Article

New York City would have been Colleen Huml's ninth marathon. But when she landed in the city Nov. 2 to confirmation that the race was canceled, the 24-year-old Wheaton native shifted gears. Huml joined more than 1,000 people Nov. 4 – the day of the marathon – to travel to Staten Island and help clean up one of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy. "There's a certain determination that you see in marathon runners,” Huml said.