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Jericho man receives 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor posthumously
Quick ReadGlenn Winuk, a 19-year volunteer firefighter who died while helping evacuate the towers on 9/11, was recognized posthumously with the Heroes Medal of Valor.
Photo credit: Newsday/Audrey C. Tiernan | Seymour Winuk, father of Glenn Winuk a volunteer firefighter from Jericho who died trying to rescue people at the World Trade Center, clutches the posthumous 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor award that was finally given eight years later. (Sept. 7, 2009)
Jericho volunteer firefighter received 9/11 Heroes Medal posthumously
Glenn Winuk receives 9/11 medal posthumously
For Seymour and Elaine Winuk, having their son posthumously recognized with the 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor Monday was bittersweet.
Just four days before the eighth anniversary of the terrorist attacks, the Winuk family gathered at the Jericho park named after Glenn Winuk to receive the recognition they had long been seeking.
"We're sorry we lost him," said Seymour Winuk, 78, of Jericho....
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