About the project: 'Marisa Carney: A little girl's fight to live'
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Newsday staff reporter Candice Ferrette, left, and Newsday staff photographer and videographer Alejandra Villa. Credit: Newsday
To chronicle Marisa’s struggle, reporter Candice Ferrette and photographer Alejandra Villa followed the Carney family for four months. Ferrette and Villa spent days and nights inside the Carneys’ Bayport home, visited Marisa’s school and accompanied the family to Chicago for medical tests.
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Updated now Newsday travel writer Scott Vogel took the ferry over to Block Island for a weekend of fun.
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Updated now Newsday travel writer Scott Vogel took the ferry over to Block Island for a weekend of fun.