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Shirley gets back to normal after gas leak

Published: January 2, 2011 7:36 PM
By MICHAEL AMON and ERIN GEISMAR  michael.amon@newsday.com, erin.geismar@newsday.com

Roy Sapp, 28, and his fiancee, Jasmin Gonzalez,

Photo credit: James Carbone | Roy Sapp, 28, and his fiancee, Jasmin Gonzalez, 28, were among the Mastic residents forced to evacuate during a gas leak, Saturday. (Jan. 2, 2011)

A day after a propane tank leak caused 900 homes to be evacuated, life in Shirley slowly returned to normal as residents reflected Sunday on their neighborhood's close brush with disaster.

Julie and John Ospitale spent a quiet weekend day in the Grand Avenue house they've called home for 32 years after a nerve-racking 21 hours waiting for an evacuation order to be lifted.

"We kept thinking...

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