Cancer-stricken boy returns to rebuilt home after Sandy
Steven Heckman, 6, who has leukemia, and his family return to their Amityville house, which was rebuilt by remodeling industry volunteers while the family was on a Make-A-Wish Foundation trip to Disney World. Sandy had left the home flooded and riddled with mold, a threat to Steven's immune system. Videojournalist: Network News Long Island (Jan. 5, 2013) (January 5, 2013 9:37 PM)
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The family of a Leukemia-stricken Amityville boy who were left homeless by superstorm Sandy returned Saturday to find their home rebuilt -- free of charge -- by Long Islanders who were heartbroken by their struggle.
Without the volunteers' generosity, 6-year-old Steven Heckman could never live in the storm-ravaged home because mold would have threatened his cancer-weakened immune system.
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