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Residents, pols decry rioting at the Capitol vened after 6 p.m. and, hours later, early on the morning of Jan 7, certified President-elect The riot perpetrated by a Joe Biden’s win. mob of insurrectionists at the After the riots, many LynU.S. Capitol on the afternoon of brook and East Rockaway resiJan. 6 spurred plenty of local dents had a great deal to say. reaction. Responding to a Herald On a day that lawmakers inquiry on Facebook soliciting were expected to spend debat- opinions about what unfolded, ing the certification of Elector- John Sullivan wrote in an al College votes in email that protestthe presidential ing is a right, but election, many of breaking the law them ended up is not, regardless barricading themof whether one selves in the supports the Black chambers of the Lives Matter building as thoumovement, the sands of supportProud Boys or any ers of President other group. T r ump stor med “Consistency in John MARGuiLES p r o s e c u t i o n i s the Capitol. T h e r i o t e r s Lynbrook resident required,” Sulliover ran police van wrote. “A hot barricades, scaled stove doesn’t give walls and invaded the building. you a pass every once in a Security officials inside the while. If you touch it, you get building had to draw their burned. In order for discipline weapons and barricade the to be as fair as possible, it doors to the House chamber should be applied the same. If with furniture as Democratic the government wants to be and Republican lawmakers lenient, then it should apply the huddled together and were leniency consistently with all instr ucted to retrieve g as citizens in the same situation.” masks. In another email, a resident When order was restored, both houses of Congress reconContinued on page 7
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‘It was really an incredible day’ Lynbrook resident recalls preparing first vaccine msmollins@liherald.com
Dec. 14, phar macist Anthony Longo said, was the most important day of his career, as he prepared the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in New York state, and perhaps the country. “To know that we were receiving this vaccine was incredible in and of itself,” Longo said, “because it gave hope for what the future was going to be.” Longo, 51, is the pharma-
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LynBRook RESiDEnt Anthony Longo, the pharmacy director for Long Island Jewish Forest Hills Hospital, prepared the first Covid-19 vaccine administered in the state, and possibly the country, after it was delivered to the hospital last month.
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cy director for Long Island Jewish Forest Hills Hospital, a part of the Northwell Health system. He oversees the operations and clinical department for the in-patient pharmacy at the hospital, which provides medication and clinical support. The Lynbrook resident said he was unsure how the hospital got the state’s first dose of the vaccine, but he described it as a “surreal experience.” Longo was notified the night of Dec. 13 that the hospital would receive the Pfiz-
er-BioNTech vaccine the next day, and, he said, he didn’t know what to expect. The package arrived at the hospital from Kennedy Airport, guided by state troopers and a security team. Once there, Longo placed the vaccine in an ultra-low-temperature freezer that was cooled to –18 degrees Celsius (–0.4 Fahrenheit) and began preparing to administer it. “There was a lot of pressure,” he recounted. “There were cameras, lights and Continued on page 9