A year later, Sandy victim has no answers about his demolished home

Six lots back from the ocean in Ortley Beach, Nick Maria’s narrow strip of the American Dream sits vacant, much like it had in the days after Hurricane Sandy. It’s the lot that once held the summer home his 85-year-old father helped build. The house where Maria and his wife spent so much time they said they felt comfortable leaving their valuables behind when they went to their primary home in Whippany.