Structure to be named after local war hero
Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin (R,C-Melrose) sponsored legislation that recently passed the Assembly to rename a bridge on Route 20 in Nassau the “Staff Sergeant Derek Farley Memorial Bridge.” Sgt. Farley enlisted the military as an explosive ordinance disposal specialist at the age of 17 and earned the Purple Heart after blowing out his eardrum while serving in Iraq. While later deployed in Afghanistan, he tragically lost his life in the midst of courageously disarming an improvised explosive device in order to protect his fellow soldiers.
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