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Support floods in for family hurt by Sandy

Nancy Long, left, and Seema Rahman of the

Photo credit: Barry Sloan | Nancy Long, left, and Seema Rahman of the Islamic Center of Long Island, box up household items donated to Kelly Guirl of Broad Channel at the Islamic Center in Westbury. (Dec. 21, 2012) Photo by Barry Sloan

A little after 1 p.m. at the Islamic Center of Long Island Friday, Nancy Long nervously waited to finally meet the family she had set out to help a month ago.

Long, 29, of Hicksville, had been at home about a week after superstorm Sandy, eating breakfast and reading Newsday, when she saw an unforgettable image that propelled her to act.

In the photo, a distraught Aiden Guirl, 5, was...

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