the car seats remain where two little boys, brandon and conner moore were sitting as their mother wasriving during hurricane sandy desperately looking for shelter. what happened is sad, horrifying, terrifying. she was driving her suv down this street and plunged into this hole during the height of hurricane sandy. she then got out of the vehicle with her 2-year-old son and 4-year-old son, remember, it is pouring rain, torrential, the winds 90 miles per hour and she comes over here to this tree and holds on to the tree, grabs the branches and grabs the tree and holds on to it and holds on to her sons at the same time and she did this, according to police, for hours. that's what she told the police. she went up to this house behind me and knocked on the door and a man was inside and plead would him to let them inside the house. the man would not let her in with her sons. she went to the balcony and wasn't able to break in and ultimately flood waters came and washed her sons away. everyone was hoping for optimism, but no hopes that the boys would be found alive. police divers walked thro

two-year-old brandon and four-year-old conner moore were just ripped from her arms, just a real tragedyms here on staten island. nearly 40 victims in the five burrough city and police are stressing that death toll could rise as more people are found under debris. i want to mention one more thing. we're letting a neighbor here, they are without power, power up his cell phone and ipad and things like that. he said he finally has heard from fema and the look on his face was just great because he feels like they had been forgotten, as many oariest did not did. >> gretchen: anna kooiman, thanks so much. when you see scenes like that, you would think, wow, the new york city marathon is coming up and it's huge event, an economic boon and people come from all over the world. but when you have devastation and you're sti looking for bodies and people are suffering so much, should you continue with the new york city marathon on sunday? a lot of people are really upset that mayor bloomberg has said that yes, it will go on when you have one of the worst tram dees ever to happen in new york city. i t