Olympic silver medalist diver from Long Island gets triumphant welcome home

It's been a busy couple of days for Wantagh native Andrew Capobianco – that’s what happens when you win a medal at the Olympics.

News 12 Staff

Aug 11, 2021, 12:07 PM

Updated 1,233 days ago

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It's been a busy couple of days for Wantagh native Andrew Capobianco – that’s what happens when you win a medal at the Olympics.
Tuesday was the final stop of his two-day celebratory tour of Long Island. He visited his old neighborhood and saw friends and family. Everyone wanted to see the silver medal for themselves.
Capobianco says there were even some eager passengers on his flight home from Tokyo.
“I was on the plane ride home and it was getting passed around the airplane and at one point I didn't know where it was…I'm just glad I could share it with other people,” he says.