Name: Faces of Long Island: A Home For Her Family
Uploaded: 2021-12-21T19:18:54.508Z
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Description: Meet a Bay Shore woman who, in the face of tragedy, never gave up hope that things would work out for her family.

Meet a Bay Shore woman who, in the face of tragedy, never gave up hope that things would work out for her family.


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