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2012 new york city marathon

Disappointed Marathoners Volunteer Instead

NEW YORK - MAY 08:  A Staten Island Ferry heads towards Manhattan following the crash of another ferry into a dock in the city's borough of Staten Island on May 8, 2010 in New York City. Dozens were injured in the morning crash in which the ferry was returning from Manhattan. This is the same ferry, the Andrew J. Barbieri, which in October 2003 crashed into the pier at the same terminal in St. George, Staten Island at full speed, resulting in the death of 11 people while injuring another 70.  (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

With 47,000 would-be marathoners with nothing to do tomorrow, many are tapping their pent-up energies to help out communities still recovering from Hurricane Sandy. One Facebook group (with 1,577 likes) is organizing a run in support of Staten Island tomorrow; 40 Dutch marathoners meanwhile have traveled over to ravaged Newark to help, according to mayor Cory Booker; and a new website, Race 2 Recover, offers marathon runners and their families a way to donate unused hotel rooms to victims of the storm.

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Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images