Residents of Staten Island, New York, express anger at the slow pace of emergency response efforts to their community after superstorm Sandy dealt it a crippling blow.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN IN PINK COAT SAYING:<br/> <br />"We just want everyone to know, we are hurting down here. We need help immediately!"<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN IN GRAY SWEATSHIRT SAYING:<br/> <br />"I think that we're not getting the attention because we are, you know, we are a working class neighborhood and kind of just like fend for yourselves kind of thing."<br/> <br />The number of dead in New York City rose to 40, police said.<br/> <br />At least 20 of the city's dead were found on Staten Island, whose southeast flank took the full brunt of the storm surge.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) STATEN ISLAND NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN, MICHAEL GRIMM, SAYING:<br/> <br />"The City Of New York right now is talking about getting water out of the Battery Tunnel and preparing for a marathon. We're pulling bodies out of water. You see the disconnect here?"<br/> <br />On Thursday, New York Police and Fire departments were still going house to house, to account for those who did not follow the mandatory evacuation order.<br/> <br />As families picked through the wreckage, one woman said she lost everything.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN IN BLUE SWEATSHIRT SAYING:<br/> <br />"I want to go home, but there's no home, i can't go home, and that's killing me. That's breaking my heart. I want to go home to my house."
