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All Officer Shea ever wanted to do was help Shea, who was 52 when he died, was ordered to go to what was then known simply as the Lt. Michael P. Shea never had pile to direct traffic the night of the “cop special” for lunch — a Sept. 11. His job was to keep cheeseburger and fries — said onlookers off the site as rescue retired Nassau workers searched County police for survivors. In officer John Guilhis first four days foyle. Shea went there, he worked for a run instead. for no fewer than And each day, he 14 hours a day. would try to perHis wife, suade Guilfoyle Ingrid Morales, and his fellow said her husband officers from the said little when 8th Precinct to he retur ned to join him. their Oyster Bay Guilfoyle said home after his he was surprised first shift. “When when Shea was he came home, he diagnosed with a took off his unibrain tumor in form, put it near 2015. Guilfoyle the door and said Courtesy Ingrid Morales don’t touch it,” just couldn’t fathom how someone LT. MICHAEL SHEA, who she said. “He said a s h e a l t hy a s died from a Sept. 11 illit was contamiShea would be the ness, was proud to be a nated. He wore it one to succumb to Nassau County policeman. t h e n e x t d ay a Sept. 11-related when he went illness, he said. back to ground Shea died on Aug. 6, 2017, as a zero. It was unusual, because result of his work as a police offi- Mike always kept his shoes and cer. He was one of eight officers his uniform clean.” in Nassau County who became Morales met Shea on a blind ill and died as a result of their date in Manhattan in 1993. She work at or near the World Trade Center after the Sept. 11 attacks. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

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Sporting the latest in facial wear Justin and John DeLos Santos headed to their first day of classes at the James H. Vernon School in East Norwich. They didn’t seem to mind having to wear masks. Story, more photos, Page 6.

After sweating it out at home, O.B. gym-goers gather once again By KAREN BLOOM and JENNIFER CORR kbloom@liherald.com, jcorr@liherald.com

Since gyms across New York state were given the green light to reopen by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Aug. 24, many Oyster Bay facilities have been welcoming back their clientele in recent weeks. Fitness centers, which may reopen at 33 percent capacity,

require customers to wear face coverings, and ventilation must meet state guideline. “Localities have a role here,” Cuomo said on Aug. 17. “They have to inspect gyms before they open, or within two weeks of when they open.” “We were just able to open about a week and a half ago,” Amy Garvey, the owner of Oyster Bay Yoga and Glen Cove Yoga, said on Sept. 9. “We passed our inspections, and now we’re

having some socially distant indoor classes. We’re doing livestreaming of the classes so that people can participate online if they aren’t comfortable coming into the studio or they’re not comfortable wearing a mask in practice.” Garvey said it was nice to welcome clients in once again and, she added, it was those clients CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

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CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE said they hit it off immediately. Shea was a gentleman, Morales said, who loved to talk about his job as a Long Island police officer. As she got to know him, she realized that his colleagues valued Shea as much as she did. Barbecues were frequent, as were parties. The Police Department was his second family, Morales said. Guilfoyle, who is retired and moved to upstate New York seven years ago, said Shea was dependable, the kind of man who would help even if it was his day off. Before he was a police officer, Shea was an electrician. Guilfoyle said his friend of 25 years often did side work. “He didn’t want to make money off people,” Guilfoyle said. “He just liked helping his friends out. I know people say this a lot about someone when they die, but with Mike it was really true: He was the kind of guy who would give you the shirt off his back.” Morales and Shea married on Aug. 24, 1997. The next day they moved to the hamlet of Oyster Bay. At the time he was working in the NCPD’s 8th Precinct, where he stayed for 17 years before being transferred to the 6th Precinct for nine years. In 2015 he became a lieutenant. For the remainder of his service in the department, Morales said, Shea worked for the 3rd Precinct. Retired Sgt. David Brehm worked with Shea at the 6th Precinct, where the two were supervisors. But they had met long before that. Shea and Brehm had gone to elementary school together in Seaford, and then to Levittown’s General Douglas MacArthur High School. They had the same friends growing up, Brehm said, although he was a year younger than Shea. “Mike was a great kid, very hard working and very handy,” said Brehm, who now lives in Suffolk County. “He’d come to your house and worked for days, and you’d have to have a fight with him to let him pay you. He always took the short end of the stick as a police officer. He would always say he would do something that no one else wanted to do.” Which was why he never questioned his orders to report to ground zero, Morales said. Shea always wanted to help. When Brehm’s children were younger. Shea insisted on working for his friend when needed. Shea would even volunteer to be in charge of a parade, Brehm said. “‘You take off,’ he would say,” Brehm recalled. “‘I’ll take care of it.’ Ninety percent of people would say no. He knew it was good for my family for me to be there.” Shea began showing symptoms on Aug. 10, 2015. He was having headaches, so he went to the doctor. Morales said the doctor thought the headaches were due to allergies. But when they persisted, Shea underwent an MRI at Glen Cove Hospital. Then he went to North Shore Long Island Jewish Hospital for more tests. He was told he had a brain tumor, and it was terminal. Shea had brain surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, and experienced seizures.

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LT. MICHAEL SHEA was in the early stages of his treatment for brain cancer when he and his wife, Ingrid Morales, visited a friend.

Nassau County police who died of illnesses related to Sept. 11 Peter F. Curran — April 12, 2006 Charles Cole — Aug. 14, 2011 Peter Martino — Feb. 5, 2014 Paul J. McCabe — Sept. 25, 2015 Brian R. Abbondandelo — July 28, 2016 MICHAEL AND INGRID shared many happy moments together. During the 20 months that he was sick, geant for 10 years in the 2nd Precinct. Frassetti described Shea as “soft-spoken, Morales never left his side. “Michael was surprised that he got polite, gentle, with a witty sense of sick from 9/11,” Morales said. “It was a humor.” He represented his members well, Frassetti said, and wake-up call for everywa a leader in the Police one.” Department. Brehm said he was Nassau County 911 “Mike was well liked shocked when he heard First Responders and respected by everyabout Shea’s diagnosis. Spouses and Family one he dealt with,” Fra“This was a guy that Support Group ssetti said. “He gave his was in the gym every life for the people of day without fail. He ate A group for families of Nassau County and the a salad with g rilled Nassau County Police who country.” chicken for lunch,” have either died from After her husband Brehm said. “It was so Sept. 11 related illnesses died, Morales said, she unfair that this hapor are suffering from it wanted to help others. pened to a guy like now. She started the Nassau Mike.” County 911 First Shea was a union For further information, Responders Spouses trustee for the Nassau call Ingrid Morales (516) and Family Support County Police Superior 361-0875 or Eva Cole Group in 2019, after Officers Association. He (516) 353-5724 receiving permission represented 20 supervifrom county Police sors from the 6th PreCommissioner Patrick cinct. Sgt. Ricky Frassetti, the president of the organization, Ryder. Members keep in contact with one said he has a place in his heart for the another and provide information for Oyster Bay community. He was a ser- those seeking support.

Lt. Michael P. Shea — April 1, 2017 Louis Palermo — Sept. 4, 2017 James Quinn — Sept. 18, 2017

The group raises funds for scholarships for students that go to the same high schools as the late police officers. Three seniors from MacArthur High receive $500 scholarships in Shea’s name each year. Morales said she has never been to the hamlet’s Sept. 11 ceremony, but she plans to go this year. Her husband’s name is not yet listed among the other heroes from the Town of Oyster Bay who died either on Sept. 11 or from illnesses afterward. Morales said she has been promised that Shea’s name will be added soon, and that a street may be named after him too. “Michael could have said no when he was told to go to ground zero,” she said, “but he did what he was told. He always wanted to be a part of helping his brothers and sisters in the Police Department. What he saw on Sept. 11 he kept to himself.”

Freeport Jaguar/Land Rover tops in sales nationally Despite the coronavirus pandemic, business has remained strong at Jaguar Land Rover of Freeport, which was No. 1 in the country for Jaguar sales and No. 9 for Land Rover sales in July, according to officials at the high-end dealership on Sunrise Highway. Car dealerships have traditionally depended on the test drive to sell their vehicles, but the Covid-19 pandemic forced them to rethink that model. Through the Jaguar Land Rover of Freeport website, clients can search new and used inventory, check special officers and schedule service without leaving their homes, allowing the dealership to meet new coronavirus safety guidelines issued by New York state in recent months. Three years ago, Jaguar Freeport and Land Rover of Freeport became one of the first in the country to feature the new conceptual design created exclusively for the Jaguar and Land Rover brands, and now car buyers come from across the New York metropolitan area and as far as Long Island’s East End, dealership officials said. At more than 30,000 square feet, the dealership features a 15-car showroom and a 22-bay service department with a threelane service drive-up area. Those who have leased or purchased a vehicle from the dealership receive complimentary pick-up and delivery for scheduled maintenance, as well as access to a Jaguar and Land Rover loan-

er fleet. Jack Weidinger, the dealer principal of Jaguar Freeport, Land Rover Freeport and North Bay Cadillac Buick and GMC, said he remains as excited about the state-of-theart dealership today as he was in 2016, when it opened. “Land Rover had not been on the South Shore since 2009,” Weidinger said. The dealership brought “the Land Rover brand back to the South Shore with an extremely high-end design and our reputation for business excellence and customer support.” As a third-generation dealer principal with more than 20 years of experience, Weidinger said, “When we opened our original Jaguar dealership in 1999, there wasn’t a lot of development in our area. Since then, many businesses opened in the surrounding properties, and I hope we had something to do with that. “Since the addition of the Land Rover brand,” he continued, “we have had the same level of success that we have always enjoyed, and this leads to further development in the Freeport area. The Jaguar and Land Rover brands are stronger than ever because consumers really value the combination of style, performance and practicality that Jaguar and Land Rover provide. My team and I are thrilled with the results.” The Jaguar Land Rover Freeport dealership is at 146 Sunrise Highway in Freeport.

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TOWN OF OYSTER Bay officials and state officials, along with Fund the First CEO and founder Rob Garland, joined forces to announce a new “Never Forget” campaign benefitting the September 11th Families’ Association.

‘Never Forget’ campaign launched to support Sept. 11 families Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino, town councilmembers Tom Hand, Steve Labriola and Laura Maier, Town Clerk Richard LaMarca, Receiver of Taxes Jeff Pravato, State Assemblyman Mike LiPetri and Fund the First CEO and founder Rob Garland joined forces to announce a new ‘Never Forget’ campaign benefitting the September 11th Families’ Association. The association advocates for vic-

tims of terrorism and their families through communication, representation, peer support and education. Their primary project is the 9/11 Tribute Museum which will forever serve not only as a living memorial to the heroes lost but represents the ongoing commitment to never forget the service and sacrifice of first responders. For more information, visit www. fundthefirst.com.

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OUTDOOR CLASSES HAVE been a way for Oyster Bay Yoga clients to share their love for the discipline while remaining socially distant. exercise while wearing a mask. They should monitor how they feel during workouts, however, because masks do slightly restrict airflow. Dizziness, lightheadedness and shortness of breath are signs that someone should slow down. Those who work out with masks on, according to the council, should reduce the intensity of their workouts, especially if they involve routines such as high-intensity interval training, which stresses the cardio-respiratory system. The council also suggests that people with pre-existing respiratory or cardiovascular conditions be extra cautious when exercising while wearing masks. Those with obstructive pulmonary disorder, asthma, chronic bron-

chitis, pulmonary fibrosis and other lung conditions should consult a medical professional before exercising with a mask on. Many New Yorkers maintained that gyms, like restaurants and other spaces open to the public, should have the right to reopen. That’s why the New York State Fitness Alliance was created, to advocate for gym, studio and fitness center owners, employees and clients as the pandemic dragged on. The organization made the case that fitness centers are necessary for people to maintain physical and mental health, and that, with the proper guidelines, they present a minimal risk for the spread of Covid-19.

In fact, the alliance cited statistics from Member Experience Management that the ratio of Covid-19 cases to fitness center visits nationwide is 1 in 42,731, or just 0.002 percent, with 1,155 cases of the virus reported out of a total of more than 49 million visits to more than 2,800 locations in 47 states. As Cuomo announced that gyms could reopen, he added that the state’s Covid-19 infection rate was the lowest it had been since the pandemic began. Now it is even lower. “Congratulations to New Yorkers. New Yorkers did what everyone said couldn’t be done,” he said. “Going forward, we must protect the progress by keeping the infection rate down.”

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