For about two years, cab driver Alan Mancini of Oyster Rides, whose nickname comes from former world champion boxer Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini, has had a loyal customer — 107-year-old Rosalia Zona, of Huntington Station. This is a story about their friendship.


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