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Police rescue woman, disabled man from E. Islip fire

Quick ReadTwo police officers braved a house fire to make a rooftop rescue Friday

Two police officers braved a house fire to make a rooftop rescue Friday of a disabled East Islip man who had climbed out a window to escape the flames, Suffolk police said.

It was shortly before 4 p.m. when Officers Jonathan Allen and Kelly Hendrickson of the Third Precinct responded to the East Adams Street home.

They saw James Hanovic, 67, on the rooftop and, using a nearby ladder,...

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