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Dog that was abandoned in village recovers dog as a fighting dog, but it wasn’t in her nature to be that way,” longtime Bobbi and the Athena, the 4-year-old dog Strays volunteer Linda Hongithat captured the hearts of man said. “So the abuser got many after being found outside upset. When Athena became the Bobbi and the Strays Ani- unhappy being in the crate, she mal Shelter in Freeport last lashed out at him. That’s when July, has made a remarkable the abuser started recovery since her depriving her of rescue. food, exercise and When Athena even urinating on was discovered, she herself. The situawas in a critical tion was terrible.” condition, suffering Damian Douglas, from severe malnuthe suspect, had trition and multiple re por tedly puropen wounds. She chased the dog, then had been left in a k n ow n a s S k y y, crate outside the from a breeder in shelter, where emNorth Carolina. He ployees found her confined her to a and named her after cage on an enclosed the Greek goddess porch starting in TuNcAY AdEM Athena. November, but still H e r p r e v i o u s Canine Counsel Dog re gularly walked owner had intended Training behaviorist her, according to the to use her for dog Nassau County disfighting due to her trict attor ney’s being a pit bull-terrier mix, but office. it was clear that this was not in However, Douglas allegedly her nature, and when she failed stopped walking the dog in Febto meet the owner’s expecta- ruary of last year and even tions, she was neglected and stopped taking her out of the mistreated. This tragic reality is cage altogether, according to the all too common for dogs used in D.A. On July 7, Douglas abanfighting rings. doned Athena in a crate outside “The intention was to use the Continued on page 19
by MoHAMEd FARgHAlY mfarghaly@liherald.com
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Courtesy The Freeport Fire Department
FIREFIgHTERs bATTlEd A massive blaze at the EAS Ambulance Company, in Freeport, that caused substantial damage and injured three responders.
Weekend Commercial St. fire destroys ambulance facility by MoHAMEd FARgHAlY mfarghaly@liherald.com
More than two dozen fire departments responded to a fire Saturday morning that left a key ambulance facility in ruins. EAS Ambulance Company in Freeport suffered a massive fire on Commercial Street on April 1, prompting an investigation by the Arson Bomb Squad. The fire, which was reported to the Freeport Police, had already engulfed
the building by the time the emergency personnel arrived. The Freeport Fire department, along with 26 other fire departments and 150 fire personnel, responded to the call and worked to extinguish the flames. The Fire Department initially responded to an alarm at 11:09 a.m., along with another call reporting vehicles on fire inside a building on Commercial Street. The situation escalated quickly, and numerous mutual aid
departments and agencies responded to assist at what ultimately turned into a fivealarm fire. W h e n t h e e m e r g e n cy responders arrived at the scene, the building was consumed by the fire and had even partially collapsed. The blaze caused substantial damage, and two Freeport firefighters and a Northwell medical technician suffered from smoke inhalation. They Continued on page 4
his is not just another story, this is something that has happened right in your backyard.