Young brothers, 'denied refuge,' swept to death by Sandy

[Fatal Dawn]

(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.



Buffeted by torrential rains and winds of up to 90 miles per hour, her Ford Explorer plunged into a hole. 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.



Story and video: http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/02/world/americas/sandy-staten-island-brothers/index.html

 

[Jazzy]

It appears there are conflicting stories as to what truly happened:

NEW YORK — A screaming mother was left in the street for 12 hours by neighbours who refused to help after her two sons were swept out of her arms in superstorm Sandy.

Police search teams last night found the bodies of the young brothers washed away when their mother's car got stuck in flood water. Read more: http://www.ems1.com/search-rescue/articles/1362644-Young-brothers-denied-refuge-swept-to-death-by-Sandy/

 

[Fatal Dawn]

I think you are reporting the same story. Her car got stuck in a ditch and she went to a neighbor's house where they were swept away by the storm. From the same article:

The bodies of the boys were found near each other Thursday, about a quarter of a mile from where Moore last held them.

I saw the neighbor interviewed on CNN last night. He tried to claim that it was only a man knocking on his door. Heartless man.