The American Red Cross made a lot of mistakes post-Hurricane Sandy, even going as far as sending out trucks lacking supplies "just to be seen."
Some trucks were kept from delivering aid, used instead as backdrops for press conferences. And that's just the start.
From the story: "After both storms, the charity’s problems left some victims in dire circumstances or vulnerable to harm, the organization’s internal assessments acknowledge. Handicapped victims 'slept in their wheelchairs for days” because the charity had not secured proper cots. In one shelter, sex offenders were “all over including playing in children’s area' because Red Cross staff 'didn’t know/follow procedures.'"
Read the full investigation at ProPublica.