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9/11 first responder, ex-NYC police officer Daniel O'Shea seeks kidney donor due to degenerative disease

A Sept. 11 first responder and former New York City police officer from Floral Park is suffering from a rare kidney disease and looking for a donor. Daniel O'Shea spent months at Ground Zero for search

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