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	Following a serious car accident in 2020,&nbsp;Maryann and Leon&nbsp;Esquibel of Smithtown, learned weeks later they were each suffering with a potentially life-threatening brain bleed. On Tuesday, they reunited with their&nbsp;neurosurgeon at&nbsp;St. Catherine of Siena Hospital to celebrate their 65th&nbsp;wedding anniversary.&nbsp;
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Couple celebrates 65th wedding anniversary with neurosurgeon at St. Catherine of Siena Hospital who saved their lives 

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Smithtown couple celebrates 65th wedding anniversary after each had life-saving surgery. 

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  Following a serious car accident in 2020, Maryann and Leon Esquibel of Smithtown, learned weeks later they were each suffering with a potentially life-threatening brain bleed. On Tuesday, they reunited with their neurosurgeon at St. Catherine of Siena Hospital to celebrate their 65th wedding. anniversary. 

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