A pregnant Hurricane Sandy victim was booted from her hotel room yesterday and forced to hunt for a place to stay because FEMA dropped the ball on her reservation.I'm sure it was just a simple bureaucratic mixup; it could have happened to anyone.
Keri Christian, 27, was living at Brooklyn’s Nu Hotel with her daughter, Serafina, 2, after the storm destroyed their Staten Island home.
Now the eight-months-pregnant mom is couch surfing at an acquaintance’s home in Bay Ridge until she finds a new place.
Her husband, Anthony Marotto, 41, has been in Staten Island, trying to raise their charred and flooded home from the ashes.
“I feel like a homeless person . . . like a street rat,” said Christian, who’s expecting a boy in January. “It’s aggravating and physically demanding. I’m really pissed.”
She says FEMA approved her application for an extended stay until Dec. 14. But on Thursday, the hotel notified Christian her room was booked to someone else — and said FEMA never notified them of changes to her reservation.
*In case you didn't know, William Craig Fugate is President Obama's head of FEMA.
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