Spin.

It's a tragedy, and sad, and nothing to poke fun at, but someone has to call bullshit. Today, the media's dancing to the tune of Staten Island's plight and the slow response from aid workers there. The sideshow is how a mother had her two sons ripped from her loving arms by the hurricane, never to be seen again:

NEW YORK (AP) — The mother grabbed her two boys and fled their home as it filled with water, hoping to outrun Superstorm Sandy.

But Glenda Moore and her SUV were no match for the epic storm. Moore's Ford Explorer stalled in the rising tide, and the rushing waters snatched 2-year-old Brandon and 4-year-old Connor from her arms as they tried to escape.

Um, what's sad here is that this lady took her boys out of a flood-filled but relatively safe house, into a flood-filled, wind-swept, rushing-rapid-torn street. There's no nobility or prudence in running from a hurricane - that the whole world squawked about for 3 days prior to its arrival - after the water has risen high enough to swamp your car.
Can we at least rephrase the beginning of this piece to unravel a bit of the spin?

NEW YORK (AP) — Although she was warned to evacuate, the absolute dipshit grabbed her two doomed boys and fled their home as it filled with water...

That's better.