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Vol. 32 No. 46
NoVEMBER 11 - 17, 2021
Parents seem cautious about kids’ shots have been vaccinated, yet one coworker or another tests positive for Covid-19 practically every When it came to being vacci- week. nated to fight the coronavirus “I’m fully on board with vacp a n d e m i c, Jo h n a n d E l a cinations,” she said. “I’m a fan O’Connell, of Long Beach, rolled of science, but historically, up their sleeves and took their there’s been issues with vacshots. But when it cines. I want to see comes to inoculatyears behind them ing their children, before children are they plan to wait. vaccinated.” And maybe wait On Nov. 2, the some more. Centers for Disease Their children, Control and PreRonan, 3, and Emilve n t i o n r e c o m ia, 7 months, are mended the use of too young to quali- dR. WaRREN the Pfizer vaccine fy for shots now RoSENfEld for children ages 5 b e i n g g ive n t o to 11. The recomMount Sinai South those 5 to 11 years mendation applies old. But even when Nassau Hospital to about 28 million Ronan and Emilia children across the are old enough, the country, but the vaccine has not O’Connors will wait, they said. been easy to get. “I don’t think there’s enough Few phar macies in Long studies out yet,” Ela O’Connor, Beach have received it, including an administrator for the New those in Stop & Shop and CVS. York City Department of Educa- However, Mount Sinai South tion, said on Sunday at the Star- Nassau’s “Vaxmobile” was bucks beside City Hall. Her hus- administering vaccines in limitband is a New York City fire- ed quantities in Kennedy Plaza fighter who had concerns, but on Nov. 3. agreed to be vaccinated. The recommendations are Ela said she would like to see good news for parents, but aren’t five years of studies before the ultimate deciding factor for allowing the couple’s children to all. Shana Meyer, of Island Park, be vaccinated. She said that a is the mother of an 8-year-old. In number of people in her office Continued on page 4
By BRENdaN CaRpENTER bcarpenter@liherald.com
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BoB CoSTigaN, a Korean War veteran, shown above at the 2019 Veterans Day ceremony, was set to play the bugle at Thursday’s observance, after press time.
No wars on this Veterans Day Ceremony to be held at City Hall By JaMES BERNSTEiN jbernstein@liherald.com
In the winter of 1954, Bob Costigan, who had enlisted in the Army, found himself in the remote city of Daegu, in the North Gyeongsang Province, in South Korea. He was 19 years old. The Korean War ended in 1953, but Costigan’s Army aviation unit remained active while the county rebuilt after the brutal war. He was crew chief of a team
of soldiers who serviced a t w i n - e n g i n e B e a ch c r a f t Bonanza, used by top-level Army officers. He never saw the brass; he just made sure the aircraft was ready for them on their trips around Korea. “It seemed like a good idea,” Costigan, now 86, of Long Beach, said earlier this week, when asked why he enlisted. He had just graduated from Aviation High School in Manhattan. He spent 16 months in
Korea before retur ning home. On Thursday, Costigan plans to be at his usual spot: He is the bugler on Veterans Day for the Long Beach Veterans of Foreign Wars post. Veterans Day was to be observed at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 11, after press time, outside City Hall. Dan McPhee, commander of VFW Post 1384 in Long Beach, said he expects both VFW and American Legion members Continued on page 4