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2,600 show up at bone marrow drive for girl

As the line of people snaked around the Farmingville Fire Department yesterday afternoon, Michael Buttner said he was stunned as he looked up from videotaping the scene.

Friends, family and complete strangers were there to see if they could donate bone marrow to Buttner's 6-year-old daughter Julianna, who has an aggressive form of acute lymphocytic leukemia.

>>PHOTOS: Julianna Buttner...

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