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stuck
in Nepal

New Jersey state troopers head to Baltimore

toE help stifle riots as tensions continue to flare

Stranded as wait
for aid continues
STEPH SOLIS
@STEPHMSOLIS

BRICK Waiting to hear whether your

daughter survived a massive earthquake in Nepal is bad enough.
Agonizing over how you can get her
off the mountain and back home when
there is no rescue in sight is even worse.
Im just trying to get her back home
safely because it sounds like theyre getting (exhausted), said Denise Reed of
Brick. At this point (I am) just trying to
figure out what to do and offer some
help.
Its been a nerve-racking few days for
Denise Reed, whose eldest daughter, Vanessa, landed in Nepal the morning the
earthquake hit. Vanessa was there for a
two-week vacation with her boyfriend,
South Jersey resident Ron Casalnova.
As the toll of dead and injured kept

PICKING UP
THE PIECES

See NEPAL, Page 4A

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Victor Huntley-el
thanks law
enforcement officers
as they stand guard
Tuesday in Baltimore
in the aftermath of
rioting after the
funeral Monday of
Freddie Gray.

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MICHAEL SYMONS @MICHAELSYMONS_
TRENTON Some 150 New Jersey State Police personnel, including more than 100

troopers, have been deployed to Baltimore to help Maryland authorities quell riots
sparked by the death of a black man injured while in police custody, Gov. Chris Christie announced Tuesday.
An assessment team of four troopers was on the ground in Maryland around 7 a.m.
Tuesday, and the full deployment began Tuesday evening. The contingent will include about 100 troopers providing operational support and 50 enlisted and civilian
personnel providing investigative and logistical support.
Christie said in a series of messages on Twitter that he had spoken Monday night
with Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and let him know that New Jersey is offering our

BOB BIELK/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Denise Reeds daughter Vanessa Reed is

stranded in Nepal with her boyfriend.

INSIDE

See TROOPERS, Page 5A

Keep an eye out for scammers as charities

raise money for Nepal victims.
PRESS ON YOUR SIDE, 14A

Riot-torn Baltimore
remained on edge
Tuesday as the state
promised heavy security measures to maintain calm. STORY, 1B
Its like a war zone:
Former Shore resident
describes tensions.
STORY, 5A
Where were
Baltimores adults?
EDITORIAL, 10A

Sandy claims review could begin next month, FEMA says

RUSS ZIMMER @RUSSZIMMER

Thousands of homeowners who think

they were lowballed by flood insurers after superstorm Sandy should keep an
eye on their mailboxes next month, although for most it will likely be a longer
wait for justice.
Executives at the Federal Emergency
Management Agency, which underwrites nearly all flood insurance policies
in the U.S., divulged details about the
still-forming review process during the

first meeting of the Sandy Task Force, a

committee that includes U.S. senators
from New Jersey and New York.
FEMA head Craig Fugate said the
plan is to start first with the claims
where an engineering review was performed by any firm that has been tied to
some of the questionable actions that
have come to light in recent months. After that, he continued, will be policyholders whose insurer had a structural inspection performed by any other firm;
then, finally, anybody else whose policy

was paid out below policy limits.

I want to be able by May to send out
the first letters, said Brad Kieserman,
who is overseeing what FEMA is calling
the Sandy claims review.
Kieserman declined to elaborate on
any timeline, acknowledging that the
number of people potentially involved
more than 140,000 claims could be in line
for another look makes this unprecedented.
Last month, FEMA said it had identified 15,311 claims where an engineering

report was prepared on behalf of the insurer and the payment was something
less than the maximum the policy allows. Of those, 3,402 were in New Jersey.
The hearing, which lasted about two
hours and changed in tone from conciliation to fury, was in response to what organizer Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J.,
said was a groundswell of public opinion
that Sandy victims needed to be made
whole and that the flood insurance
See SANDY, Page 4A

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