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	A Dix Hills couple is mourning the loss of their son, William Joseph Jennings, after he died in a plane crash Friday in&nbsp;Queensland, Australia while working for a bush fire aerial surveillance company.&nbsp;
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Mother of man killed in Australian plane crash: 'He was the light of our lives'

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