article_snippet.sent: A couple who lost their homes and were almost killed in Sandy are celebrating a whirlwind of good fortune after winning more than $250,000 in the lottery.
article_snippet.sent: Ms Diano met the love of Ms Diano life and won the lottery .
article_snippet.sent: I met the love of my life
article_snippet.sent: , I hit the lottery and we’re shopping for the house of we dreams’, Ms Diano told the New York Daily News after Ms Diano won $255,555 (£174,000).
article_snippet.sent: it also brought Sandy the love of Sandy life and a lottery
article_snippet.sent: Sandy won the lottery last October after buying the lottery from a gas station, but decided not to cash the lottery in until April 6 – the day after Easter – as a symbolic sign of a new beginning.
highlights_snippet.sent: Won lottery last year but only cashed prize in after Easter to mark new start .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: 'Because of Sandy I met the love of my life', said thrilled lottery winner .