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IMAGES: Sea Bright Destruction And Recovery After Hurricane Sandy

Haunting images of the seashore community in the aftermath of the destructive superstorm

Donovan's Reef. Exclusive beach clubs. Roads. Houses.

Gone.

Patch photographer Mark Vetrini captured the images of Sea Bright, NJ Friday, just days after Hurricane Sandy collided with the coast.

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Perhaps no community suffered from the viciousness of this storm than this small seashore community, the same one that bears the brunt of every bad storm that comes to the Jersey Shore.

In 1992, after a terrible Nor'easter, Sea Bright was underwater. It came back. Perhaps the task is taller this time, and the town will change.

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But it will come back.

After waiting several hours for an escort to the peninsula community, this is what Mark Vetrini saw.

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