Ducklings are set free after Suffolk County Police rescued them...

Ducklings are set free after Suffolk County Police rescued them from an 18-foot deep storm drain. (May 13, 2010) Credit: David Rubin

Photo by David Rubin / May 13, 2010

It’s a story like this that gets missed when the FBI raids homes on Long Island for possible connections to the failed Times Square bombing:

Suffolk County police saved eight ducklings that fell into an 18-foot-deep storm drain Thursday at an industrial park in East Setauket. Building management at 24 Research Way should be credited with the rescue.

President and CEO of Nassau University Medical Center Thomas Stokes explains the problems caused by the aging infrastructure within the hospital. Newsday Associate Editor Joye Brown reports.  Credit: Newsday/Kendall Rodriguez

Inside look at NUMC's aging infrastructure President and CEO of Nassau University Medical Center Thomas Stokes explains the problems caused by the aging infrastructure within the hospital. Newsday Associate Editor Joye Brown reports.

President and CEO of Nassau University Medical Center Thomas Stokes explains the problems caused by the aging infrastructure within the hospital. Newsday Associate Editor Joye Brown reports.  Credit: Newsday/Kendall Rodriguez

Inside look at NUMC's aging infrastructure President and CEO of Nassau University Medical Center Thomas Stokes explains the problems caused by the aging infrastructure within the hospital. Newsday Associate Editor Joye Brown reports.

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