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Friends, neighbors devastated at Schuler family's loss
Photo credit: Photo by Ed Betz | Neighbors Lisa Acosta, left, and Carmine Spitaleri, right, console a relative of Diane Schuler, a West Babylon resident who died along with seven other people in a crash Sunday on the Taconic State Parkway. (Photo by Ed Betz/July 27, 2009)
Jessica Tymecki, 11, sits outside Our Lady of
Long Island neigborhood mourns the death of 5 in an auto accident.
LI Family Killed in Taconic State Parkway Collision
Photos: Taconic Parkway crash kills 5 LIers
On a typical summer day, the front yard of the Schuler home was alive with laughter and child's play. Neighbors remembered happy times -- like father Daniel trimming the grass as his son, Brian, 5, pushed a toy lawn mower closely behind, or his daughter, Erin, 2, squealing with delight as sprinklers sprayed her.
The silence outside the family's West Babylon home Monday was a stark reminder...
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