Hours long waits in gas lines in New York and New Jersey. Millions still without power. And many residents told they won’t be able to return home for weeks. Despite days of insistence from Mayor Bloomberg that the New York marathon would go on as planned, on Friday evening, the race was officially canceled. The decision coming after days of pleading from race-goers and New York residents. “We cannot allow a controversy over an athletic event — even one as meaningful as this — to distract attention away from all the critically important work that is being done to recover [...]