>> dawn zimmer: that's just not the way it works. >> whitaker: she says that's when henk ovink enteredshaun donovan, then-secretary of housing and urban development, tapped ovink for president obama's hurricane sandy task force.the uthn idea an international design competition to fix what sandy had destroyed, following the dutch philosophy: rebuild differently for the future. ovink helped convince the federal government to cough up almost a billion dollars for it. >> whitaker: you know, in the u.s., that sounds kind of crazy. >> ovink: yeah. >> whitaker: $1 billion for a competition to rebuild? something like that had never been done before? >> ovink: never been done in this capacity. so, they also had to believe my blue eyes and my story. and saying, "okay, we believe this young man coming from the netherlands. let's work with him." >> whitaker: a proposal that will protect hoboken and its neighbors was awarded $230 million of the competition money. a dutch design team came up with the winning plans-- with a dutch twist: a storm surge defense disguised as a park, with a boathouse. ben