Thanksgiving Day marked with parades, feasts in wake of Sandy
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The Mickey the Sailor (middle) balloon floats down Central Park West during the 86th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York on Nov 22, 2012. -- PHOTO : REUTERS
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An Elmo (centre) muppet is seen on a Sesame Street float during the 86th Macy's Thanksgiving day parade in New York on Nov 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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The Sonic the Hedgehog balloon floats in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York on Thursday, Nov 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Dancers participate in the 86th Macy's Thanksgiving day parade in front of Radio City Music Hall in New York on Nov 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Performers dressed as elves dance in front of Radio City Music Hall during the 86th Macy's Thanksgiving day parade in New York on Nov 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Thomas Share, a victim of Hurricane Sandy, holds up a sign while attending the 86th Macy's Thanksgiving day parade with his family in New York on Nov 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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The Santa Claus float rounds Columbus Circle during the 86th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Thursday on Nov 22, 2012, in New York. -- PHOTO: AP
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The Sailor Mickey balloon floats in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York on Thursday, Nov 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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The Charlie Brown balloon floats in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York on Thursday, Nov 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Flo Rida and Stayc Reigns ride a float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York on Thursday, Nov 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Residents gather for a free Thanksgiving dinner at St. Francis de Sales Parish in the Rockaway neighbourhood on Nov 22, 2012 in the Queens borough of New York City. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Volunteers serve Thanksgiving dinner to residents in the Rockaways section of Queens on Nov 22, 2012 in New York, as the city recovers from the effects of superstorm Sandy. -- PHOTO: AFP
The Mickey the Sailor (middle) balloon floats down Central Park West during the 86th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York on Nov 22, 2012. -- PHOTO : REUTERS
An Elmo (centre) muppet is seen on a Sesame Street float during the 86th Macy's Thanksgiving day parade in New York on Nov 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
The Sonic the Hedgehog balloon floats in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York on Thursday, Nov 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Dancers participate in the 86th Macy's Thanksgiving day parade in front of Radio City Music Hall in New York on Nov 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Performers dressed as elves dance in front of Radio City Music Hall during the 86th Macy's Thanksgiving day parade in New York on Nov 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Thomas Share, a victim of Hurricane Sandy, holds up a sign while attending the 86th Macy's Thanksgiving day parade with his family in New York on Nov 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
The Santa Claus float rounds Columbus Circle during the 86th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Thursday on Nov 22, 2012, in New York. -- PHOTO: AP
The Sailor Mickey balloon floats in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York on Thursday, Nov 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
The Charlie Brown balloon floats in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York on Thursday, Nov 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Flo Rida and Stayc Reigns ride a float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York on Thursday, Nov 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Residents gather for a free Thanksgiving dinner at St. Francis de Sales Parish in the Rockaway neighbourhood on Nov 22, 2012 in the Queens borough of New York City. -- PHOTO: AFP
Volunteers serve Thanksgiving dinner to residents in the Rockaways section of Queens on Nov 22, 2012 in New York, as the city recovers from the effects of superstorm Sandy. -- PHOTO: AFP
NEW YORK (REUTERS) - Americans celebrated Thanksgiving by cheering parades and cooking sumptuous feasts, some sharing the bounty at East Coast emergency shelters to say thanks for what they still had after Superstorm Sandy caused widespread damage throughout the region.
"We're trying to do it Pilgrim style," said Mr Louis DeCarolis, 51, roasting a turkey in a fire pit marked by an American flag and dug into the front yard of his son's home in Rockaway Beach, Queens, that lost power when it was flooded by the deadly storm.
Thousands of area residents are coping with the loss of homes, businesses and loved ones. At an emergency shelter in another coastal community, Belle Harbor, Queens, red cloths and red and pink roses graced tables groaning with trays of stuffing and pumpkin pies for people displaced by the historic storm that destroyed homes and businesses in New York and New Jersey.
In Texas, the crush of holiday road traffic was blamed for a massive, high-speed pileup of up to 150 vehicles on a fog-bound interstate near Beaumont that killed at least two people and injured up to 120, a sheriff's spokesman said.
