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At Susan G. Komen NYC Race for Cure, LI woman honored

Woodmere resident Andrea Koster-Crain, a cancer survivor, receives

Photo credit: Charles Eckert | Woodmere resident Andrea Koster-Crain, a cancer survivor, receives a hug from her daughter Amanda Crain at the finish line of the annual Komen Greater NYC Race for the Cure in Central Park. Koster-Krain received this years Komen Greater NYC Survivor of the Year Award. (Sept. 09, 2012)

A Woodmere woman was honored as "Survivor of the Year" at Sunday's Komen Greater NYC Race for the Cure in Central Park.

Andrea Koster-Crain, 56, has been battling Stage 4 breast cancer for nearly six years, and was first diagnosed 16 years ago. "I'm just so overwhelmed," Koster-Crain said of the recognition. "This has been one of the most overwhelming and satisfying and heartfelt things ever."

Her...

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