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LI widow attends State of the Union address

(L-R) The McKenna Family - Katelynn 14, Sabrina,

Photo credit: Steven Sunshine | (L-R) The McKenna Family - Katelynn 14, Sabrina, 7 and Mom Dina, 42 see a sign unveiled for the first time in West Babylon during a memorial street renaming ceremony for William McKenna, husband and father who passed away in 2010 from an aggressive form of Lymphoma. (June 30, 2012)

After her soldier husband died in 2010 of a rare cancer following a combat deployment in Iraq, Dina McKenna pushed to end the combat zone practice of burning military trash in open air "burn pits."

The Lindenhurst resident's efforts helped persuade Rep. Tim Bishop (D-Southampton) to successfully press for restrictions to the practice, which she and others said exposed soldiers to potentially...

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