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Pilot critical after Shelter Island small-plane crash

A pilot is in the hospital Tuesday after his small plane crashed on Shelter Island. Michael Russo, 80, took off in his single-engine Cessna at around 6 p.m. Monday from Klenawicus Airfield. Police

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Apr 14, 2015, 12:39 PM

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