Sachem coach: 'Blessed' despite Farmingville fire

Originally published: April 18, 2012 6:27 AM
Updated: April 18, 2012 9:46 PM
By KERY MURAKAMI AND VÍCTOR MANUEL RAMOS kery.murakami@newsday.com,victor.ramos@newsday.com

Photo credit: James Carbone (left); Stringer News Service | East Sachem High School coach Mark Wojciechowski credited his 7-year-old daughter, Mia, left, with saving his family's life after alerting the family that there was a fire at their Farmingville home. (April 18, 2012)

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Sachem East High School varsity football coach Mark Wojciechowski stood outside the charred remains of his lifelong home Wednesday and said that despite losing everything, he felt "blessed."

His family was safe, support was pouring in from the close-knit Sachem school district community and his youngest daughter, he said, was "a hero." Mia, 7, had run screaming into her parents bedroom around...

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