Tragic! Mom Watches Sons Die as Man Denies Help During #Sandy

(CNN) "As Superstorm Sandy ravaged New York, Glenda Moore drove frantically across Staten Island in an attempt to get her sons to safety. Instead, Moore found herself and her boys -- Connor, four and Brandon, two -- caught in the full fury of the storm.

... According to the account she would later give police, Moore carried her sons to a nearby tree, gripping branches along with her boys as she tried to shelter them from the storm surge. She told police they clung together for hours, before Moore managed to make her way to a nearby property, and pleaded to be let inside. But according to her police account, rather than sheltering the desperate strangers, the occupant refused to let them enter.

....Meanwhile, public anger has been directed at the homeowner who allegedly failed to help Moore and her children. The man, who told CNN's Gary Tuchman that his name is Alan but did not want his full name used, disputed Moore's account, saying he saw only a man outside. "He didn't come to the door... he must have been standing at the bottom of the stairs," said the man. "He took a concrete flower pot... and threw [it] through the door." The man at the door didn't ask to enter the house, he said, but instead asked him to come outside in order to help. "What could I do to help him?" he asked. "I had a pair of shorts on with flip-flops."

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