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World Trade Center responders and families picnic together

For Anthony Fischetti and his family, it was a chance to get together with people who know firsthand what he has been through.

Fischetti, his wife, Alejandra, son, Anthony Jr., 10, and daughter, Hana, 5, were among the 400 who showed up by early afternoon Sunday at Heckscher State Park in East Islip for the first World Trade Center responder picnic.

"They have become like family," Fischetti,...

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