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Racing to get the vaccine only to be directed to a number of websites where he found no available appointments. When the U.S. Food and Drug He spoke to his health care Administration issued the first provider, to no avail. Then he emergency-use authorization for tried the Veterans Affairs Media vaccine that could prevent cal Center in Northport. “I was Covid-19 on Dec. 11, it created a told they were light at the end just finishing of a very long, their staff, the dark tunnel. doctors, the But some elinurses and the gible New Yorknursing homes ers living on the out there,” StillNorth Shore wagon said. “I have had difficulsaid ‘OK, what’s ty making apgoing to happen pointments to be with us veterinoculated at ans?’ They said local hospitals, they didn’t know pharmacies and yet, and there state-run sites. were talks of T h e s t at e re doing it in the ceives approxiparking lot with mately 250,000 the mobile vaccines a week, units.” and more than 7 He even million New checked the Courtesy Glen Cove Hospital Yorkers are now state-run vaccine DR. BRADLEY SHERMAN, eligible for it. s i t e at Jo n e s “It’s been a medical director of Glen Beach, only to big challenge,” Cove Hospital, was given the find that appointsaid Glen Cove inoculation. ments were resident Howard booked up Stillwagon, 72, a through April. Vietnam veteran. “I tried to Stillwagon said he should be apply, and they said no because higher on the list, considering at that point they hadn’t gone that he is a veteran with diabedown to [age] 65.” tes, asthma and high blood presAfter Jan. 12, when the state sure, among other health condibegan offering vaccines to those tions. “It’s really dangerous if I 65 and older, Stillwagon tried get this virus,” he said. “My wife again to make an appointment, CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
By JENNIFER CORR jcorr@liherald.com
Courtesy Oyster Bay Fire Co. No. 1
MEMBERS OF OYSTER Bay Fire Company No. 1 ceremoniously honored ex chief Ed Rahilly, who died on Jan. 8, which included passing his beloved firehouse one last time.
Mentor and active member of OBFD dies of Covid
Fire service was of utmost importance to Rahilly By LAURA LANE llane@liherald.com
Edwin J. Rahilly Jr. probably would have lived at least another 10 years had it not been for Covid-10, his second cousin Thomas Rahilly Jr. said. Thomas, the second assistant chief at Oyster Bay Fire Co. No. 1, has fond memories of Ed, who died on Jan. 8
at age 86. Ed was in tremendous shape, he said. “The men in our family live long,” Thomas explained. “Ed was extremely active, was here for most fire calls and he was involved in many other county organizations too, so he was always busy.” Rahilly and his wife, Mary Ellen, were rushed by ambulance to the hospital a little
over a week before he died. He was diagnosed with pneumonia, and when the couple were tested for Covid, they were both positive. Mary Ellen managed to recover, and returned home. Thomas said his cousin was recovering, too, before his health worsened. The father of Michael CONTINUED ON PAGE 10