Five years after he was left paralyzed from the waist down in a hit-and-run, veteran Marine Lance Cpl. Billy Ventura will be getting a brand-new, wheelchair-accessible house of his own. The Selden resident was surprised with the news Wednesday night at an annual gala for the Garden City-based Bolla Charity Foundation, which is gifting him the house. Credit: Newsday / Shelby Knowles

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