New York aquarium rebuilds after superstorm

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The New York Aquarium stood damaged after Superstorm Sandy swamped its tanks with oil and debris. It also knocked out power to all of the exhibits. But half of the aquarium will be able to open in 2013.

Director of the New York Aquarium, John Dohlin, poses for a picture at an exhibit ruined during Superstorm Sandy at the aquarium in Coney Island, New York, Monday, March 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Director of the New York Aquarium, John Dohlin, looks around an exhibit ruined during Superstorm Sandy at the aquarium in Coney Island, New York, Monday, March 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Mitik, a baby walrus who survived the flooding of his enclosure during Superstorm Sandy, checks out visitors at the Wildlife Conservation Society's New York Aquarium in Coney Island, New York, Monday, March 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Mitik, a baby walrus who survived the flooding of his enclosure during Superstorm Sandy, at the Wildlife Conservation Society's New York Aquarium in Coney Island, New York, Monday, March 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Fish swim past a portion of the an exhibit that was flooded to the ceiling during Superstorm Sandy at the Wildlife Conservation Society's New York Aquarium in Coney Island, New York, Monday, March 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

A sea lion is reflected in a puddle of water on the floor of an exhibit that was flooded to the ceiling during Superstorm Sandy at the Wildlife Conservation Society's New York Aquarium in Coney Island, New York, Monday, March 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Machinery damaged by Superstorm Sandy is laid out in a parking lot near the Wildlife Conservation Society's New York Aquarium in Coney Island, New York, Monday, March 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

A woman walks past an entrance to the Wildlife Conservation Society's New York Aquarium in Coney Island, New York, Monday, March 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Director of the New York Aquarium, John Dohlin, poses for a picture at an exhibit ruined during Superstorm Sandy at the aquarium in Coney Island, New York, Monday, March 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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