Friday, January 15, 2021
Vol. 81, No. 3
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SERVING BETHPAGE, OLD BETHPAGE, AND PLAINVIEW
PURPLE HEART VET HONORED
Resident donates blood 22 times in pandemic BY GARY SIMEONE
Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino recently honored Hicksville resident Ed Born on the occasion of his 95th birthday. Ed Born is Purple Heart Recipient and a longtime Hicksville resident who served in the United States Army from 1944-1946. Ed and his wife Nancy have been married for 73 years and have been living in their home since getting married in 1947. After serving in the Army, Ed also worked for Grumman for over 20 years.
Plane crash in Old Bethpage
Nassau County Police have announced that a small plane crashed in Old Bethpage on on Sunday, January 10. According to police, at around 1:05 p.m. a Highway Patrol officer saw a small plane descending and appeared to be in distress in the vicinity of Winding Road. The officer located the
wreckage, entered the plane and found the pilot pinned in the cockpit. As Nassau County Emergency Services trucks arrived, the officer relayed the pilot’s condition and the equipment needed for extraction. The cockpit was approximately ten feet off the ground and the plane was leaking fuel making the scene more difficult.
The pilot was safely removed and was transported to an area hospital. He is listed in stable condition. The Bethpage and Melville Fire Departments assisted in stabilizing the plane. The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.
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seas Nepali Unity Forum, that a blood donation program was being organized," said Mainali." I was able to coordinate between them and the New York Blood Center, and was able to donate $200 for the necessary expenses. As a result of my actions, over the next five months, eight different Nepalese organizations held blood donation programs in
There are generous people and then there are people like, Arjun Mainali, who have truly gone the extra mile for their fellow man. The Hicksville resident has donated his blood 22 times since the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic to help those who are Arjun Mainali donatstruggling. ing blood "The first time I donated blood, was during the early New York." surge of the Coronavirus pandemic He said that Nepal was seeing last April, at an American Red Cross a surge of coronavirus cases and center in Connecticut," said Maina- the government there had instituted li. "As a blood donor, I believed I a shutdown by closing offices and was doing my part for those people encouraging people to stay indoors. out there who were adversely effect"To help their blood donation ed by the ongoing pandemic." program stay afloat, I sent over While donating, he posted a 50,000 Nepali rupees (money) for photo of himself on social media to the necessary expenses. Similarly, encourage people in the communi- I sent an additional 25,000 rupees to ty to donate blood as well. He also ensure that programs would keep wrote a lengthy email to potential sending blood to the local hospitals." organizations about his selfless act, Mainali didn't stop there. He sent so that they could organize blood some of his hard-earned money donation programs. through a contact in Kathmandu, After his initial donation in April, the capital of Nepal, to a program Mainali traveled to the New York to help feed unemployed workers Blood Center every three weeks to there. He also sent additional funds donate his platelets. to help feed the poor in other cities. Mainali, who is of Nepalese Throughout the first nine descent, said that he found out months of the ongoing pandemic, from an official of the Nepali Unity Mainali has donated blood a total of Forum NY, that blood collection in 22 times. He has donated his blood his native country was very low. three times and his platelets nine"Last June, I received a phone teen times. call from the president of the Over-
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