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Kicked-Out Car Window

Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library
Date: November 2, 2012; 2012-11-02 Material: Digital image Dimension: 16.4 x 10.9 inches; 300 dpi
Creator: Odelmo Paltooram Identifier: aql:19786 qmp-op-000012 qmp-op-000012.tif

Description: According to photographer and EMT, Odelmo Paltooram, he and other first responders found cars with kicked out windows in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in the Rockaways. He believed the kicked-out windows were escape exits when extremely high flood waters trapped people inside their vehicles.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:19825

Creator : Odelmo Paltooram

Date : November 2, 2012; 2012-11-02

Summary/Description : According to photographer and EMT, Odelmo Paltooram, he and other first responders found cars with kicked out windows in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in the Rockaways. He believed the kicked-out windows were escape exits when extremely high flood waters trapped people inside their vehicles.

Subject : Hurricane Sandy, 2012; Hurricane damage; Automobiles

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Coverage : Rockaway Beach, Queens, NY Rockaway Beach (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Digital image

Format : Digital image; 16.4 x 10.9 inches; 300 dpi

Identifier : aql:19786 qmp-op-000012 qmp-op-000012.tif

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Subject:
Hurricane Sandy, 2012; Hurricane damage; Automobiles
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