What would you do if the only bridge to your community burned, and your town refused to fix it? This was the nightmarish scenario for the residents of Long Beach, Connecticut. Cut off from the mainland and confronted with a rising swell of unpoliced theft and vandalism, the neighborhood faced a terrible choice that would change their lives forever. Find out more about why the community at Long Beach was left to ruin in "Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream".