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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