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However there are two sides to every story, as morning commuters struggled to make ends meet while most of the children enjoyed a snow day at home.  Twenty year-old Keith Imperati, who is employed by St. Fidelis Church in College Point, Queens, came to work wearing a heavy black hooded sweater, and the most comfortable boots he could find as he prepared to shovel the perimeter of the church for its usual worshipers who despite the snow fall didn’t think twice about breaking their bonds of faith.
“I have been shoveling for the past two hours now,” said Imperati,” and the two feet of snow that fell today have turned in to four feet piles.
            The storm exceeded all expectations when it managed to brake to the 1869 record in both the quantity of snow and the price tag for maintenance.  City officials speculate about 1 million dollars per inch that fell. All three city airports had to shut down immediately during the blizzard, but managed to re-open once Monday morning with limited service. Commuters were forced to take public transportation that morning, which unfortunately resulted in crowded stations and short tempers.    
            “I never want to see snow again,” Laura Guerra, 27, of Miami, said after spending the night on a cot at New York’s LaGuardia Airport.
  “It was fun yesterday but this is … this is horrible,” said Helen Poole as she splashed through deep slush around Manhattan’s Grand Central Station.
            Even the train services such as the Long Island Railroad, had no choice but to stop mid-travel because of the amount of snow on the tracks.  Some travelers reported having stayed anyway from 5 to 7 hours the train car, not knowing when or how they were going to move.
“It’s very, very poor emergency planning on the part of the Long Island Rail Road to have passengers stranded for 10, 15, 17 hours,” fumed Walter Garcia, 39, who spent almost 18 hours at Penn Station. 
             The other side to this story, well off course, it had to be the children.  The Board of Education decided to keep most of their schools open on Monday.  Most of parochial schools and other school outside the region however were closed.  Activities such as building snowmen, snowball fights, sledding, or even a helping hand with the shoveling kept children busy and smiling. 

            “I love snow days because I get to stay outside all day and play,” said 10 year-old Anthony Rodriguez as he gasped for air,” I wish it would snow everyday!” 
             Other cities aside from New York weren’t given any mercy either, Robinsville, North Carolina received 20 inches of snow and a scenic highway remained closed Monday by 6-foot drifts.  Boston Air ports were also delayed but never completely shut down.
            Al in all Neighborhoods came together, for operation clean-up not only helping themselves but also the   500 snow shovelers hired by the city to dig out crosswalks and catch basins.