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In this episode, our producer, Stella Gu, presents the story of a family tragedy in the wake of a historic flood.

Resources mentioned in the episode can be found below:

• Better Than the Powerball, Julie Satow, NYT, Jan 11. 2019


• NYC Funded a Pilot to Make Basement Apartments Safer, But Then It Went Off Track, Roshan Abraham, Next City, Oct 13, 2021

This episode was produced by Stella Gu in conjunction with Melody Cao, Anna Williams, and Natalie Milbrodt. It was hosted by J. Faye Yuan.

Mixing and editing by Cory Choy with music composed by Elias Ravin. 

Voiceover work by Xia Liangjie and Chen Xiaojun.

Special thanks to Chen Xiaojun, Zhang Dechao, and Xia Liangjie. 

This podcast has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. The views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this episode are those of its creators and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of National Endowment for the Humanities, Queens Public Library, the City University of New York, or their employees.

The news clips quoted in the episodes are from:

• After Ida: Three More People Found Dead In Basement Apartment In Queens, CBS New York, Sep 2, 2021；


• New York Flooding: At Least 9 Die as Storm's Remnants Bring Flash Floods, Tornados to Northeast, ABC11, Sep 2, 2021;


• The Wrath of Hurricane Ida: New York Announces its First-Ever Flash-Flood Emergency, DW News,Sep 2, 2021;


• At Least 12 Killed in NYC Amid Basement Apartment Flooding during Ida, ABC7NY, Sep 2, 2021;


• Ida Flooding Kills Queens Family, Including Toddler, ABC7NY, Sep 2, 2021