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Despite rain, wind, breast cancer walk raises $2.8 million
Photo credit: Patrick Whittle | Alanna Manfrey, left, 24, of Patchogue, Roseann Elwell, 42, of Lindenhurst, and Kathy McCormick, 42, of Lindenhurst, participate in the 'Making Strides Against Breast Cancer' walk at Jones Beach Sunday.
Despite rain, LIers participate in charity walk
It would have taken a lot more than a cold, driving rain and 40-mph wind gusts to keep Kathleen O'Sullivan away from Jones Beach Sunday.
O'Sullivan, a breast cancer survivor who underwent double mastectomy surgery in 2007, said she came to the beach on a dreary Sunday to raise money and awareness for the disease that had threatened both her life and that of her mother, Kathy, 72, also a survivor.
O'Sullivan,...
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