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U.S. REP. TOM Suozzi comforted Galyna Semenkova, a Ukrainian-American, while she spoke of her daughter Kseniia Isaien’s inability to obtain a visa to leave Ukraine and come to live with her in Oyster Bay. At left was Semenkova’s daughter Jenya.
Galyna Semenkova held a large posterboarded photo of her daughter Kseniia Isaien’s wedding last July 17 in Ukraine. The photo is typical — an exuberant bride with her new husband, surrounded by their family. Eight months later, the newlyweds are refugees on the run, seeking shelter from strangers in foreign lands. And Isaien’s family in Oyster Bay is powerless to bring the couple to the U.S. to live with them temporarily while the war rages on in Ukraine. Jenya Semenkova, 36, Galyna’s older daughter, asked for help at a news conference on Monday at St. Josaphat Ukrainian Basilian MonCONTINUED ON PAGE 3
Runners’ challenge raises donations for VFW building BY LETISHA DASS ldass@liherald.com
Three North Shore runners, Brian Ryniker and Cor mac Brady, of Sea Cliff, and Patrick Wright, of Glenwood Landing, began a four-mile challenge late on the night of March 4 to raise money for Glen Cove’s Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 347, which lost its headquarters in a fire in August. The four-mile trek was the first of 12, in which the runners put their endurance to the test. Brady and Wright met while volunteering at NOSH, a North Shore Soup Kitchen program that delivers food to those in
need. They also run together around the North Shore. Brady got to know several VFW members at NOSH, too. “They’re an awesome group of individuals, very generous with their time and support of the NOSH program,” Brady said. “As a result of that, I’ve become quite fond and friendly with a number of the members who drive food to families in need for us.” After learning about the fire at the VFW building, which also housed NOSH, and an event called the Goggins Challenge 4x4x48, Brady and Wright decided to use their distance running
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prowess to help the veterans rebuild. “We like to do a couple of different events throughout the year just for ourselves,” Brady said, “but the Goggins Challenge, and linking it to a charity,
we thought was a great idea.” The 4x4x48, a grueling test in which participants run four miles every four hours for 48 hours, is named for David Goggins, a retired Navy SEAL and athlete, and is a way to raise money for charity while promoting fitness. “For a runner, they might say four miles is easy. They are not
wrong,” Brady said. “However, to do it for 48 hours, there comes the challenge, even for a seasoned, highly athletic individual. You are going to feel the challenge because of sleep deprivation, [and] the constant stopstart of it brings a different level of endurance to your typical event.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 5