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Vol. 6, No. 38
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Manhasset couple dies in plane crash
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Hundreds attend real estate broker’s and prominent surgeon’s funeral BY T E R I W EST Those who knew Jodi Cohen and Dr. L Michael Graver as a couple knew them to be an adventurous, fun-loving pair whose distinct personalities made them perfectly complementary. Hundreds of people gathered to celebrate memories of the inseparable Manhasset couple at a joint funeral Tuesday after Cohen, a real estate saleswoman, and Graver, chief of adult cardiac surgery at North Shore University Hospital, died in a plane crash on Saturday. Graver, 65, was piloting the plane, which crashed in a residential area of Woburn, Massachusetts. He and Cohen, 52, were the only people aboard, and no one on the ground was injured. The funeral at Temple Judea stopped traffic on Searingtown Road in Manhasset. Jon Cohen, who performed surgery with Graver, emphasized the results of Graver’s confident,
precise skills at the funeral. “The results of his talents are incalculable,” Cohen said. “There are literally thousands of people living productive lives and hundreds of people alive today celebrating weddings, birthdays, births, graduations, communions and bat mitzvahs because of his extraordinary skills.” The plane took off from Republic Airport in Farmingdale around 9:33 a.m. and was headed for Bedford, Massachusetts, according to the office of Middlesex County District Attorney Marian T. Ryan. It crashed in a wooded area behind a home shortly after 11 a.m., about seven miles from Hanscom Air Force Base, where it was expected to land. An investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing, Ryan’s office said. A news release noted “no foul play is expected.” The aircraft was a small singleContinued on Page 81
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Middle schooler Shayna Sakhai, who raised $5,000 to support bullying victims, attended the NassauStopBullying.com launch with County Executive Laura Curran and Legislator Josh Lafazan. See story on page 74.
Family raises over $20K for Alzheimer’s walk BY T E R I W EST Twins Alyson Irom and Andrew Klein stood on a podium in Eisenhower Park Saturday morning wearing shirts with “Stan’s Fans” in curly purple
lettering on the back. Stan’s Fans are the over 200 people who donated to the twins’ campaign for Nassau County’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s. And Stan? Their father, Stanley Klein, who was diag-
nosed with Alzheimer’s eight years ago. Saturday was the first ever Alzheimer’s Association walk in Nassau County, and, at over $21,000, Stan’s Fans raised the Continued on Page 81
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