Hometown Hero: Theresa Gaffney of East Rockaway
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In East Rockaway, a candlelight vigil honors 2 NYC cops lost to gun violence
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coming up in january. and in related news, gestures of love and support continue to flow into newtown this christmas. mara buckley says after hurricane sandy her son was given a teddy bear that helped him cope so she organized a toy drive called operation kid comfort. with the help of rockaway fire department, drove bags full of bears right there to newtown. that s the thing is our things are material. houses, cars and the stuff. and this is a loss that no one can really there s no words for the loss that this town is feeling. basically, we ve had so much help, we wanted to pay it forward. and try to help somebody else. and over the weekend, men of the bridgeport sound tigers changed their names to honor the children murdered in that sandy hook tragedy. the hockey team donned all black uniforms with the names of the 20 schoolchildren right there on the back. an outpouring of support.