Widow of 106th Rescue Wing member given check to pay off mortgage

Rebecca Briggs, the widow of a Long Island National Guardsman, received a $33,000 check Tuesday to pay off the mortgage on the couple's Port Jefferson Station house. Her husband, Staff Sgt. Dashan Briggs, a member of the Westhampton Beach-based 106th Rescue Wing, died in a helicopter crash in Iraq in March. The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation and Caliber Home Loans presented the check during a news conference in Hauppauge. Credit: News 12 Long Island