Placeholder while article actions loadIt was mere minutes after Andrew Patterson’s high school graduation ceremony had concluded. The cause of the fire is under investigation by the village fire marshal, the Port Jefferson Fire Department said. It’s nice to actually make a positive impact.”Like Patterson, Layne-Stasik also signed up for the department’s junior program — for which she is now an adviser — at age 14. “I just love being part of it.”Christian Neubert, the Port Jefferson assistant fire chief, was on duty on graduation day. Although their graduation festivities were cut short, the students said they wouldn’t have had it any other way.

Source: Washington Post July 03, 2022 20:38 UTC