ICYMI: Oceanside Nurse 'Couldn't Say No' To Ticker Tape Parade

Rockville Centre NY

10 July, 2021

11:02 AM

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OCEANSIDE, NY — It was a day Mayor Bill DeBlasio envisioned more than a year ago. A ticker-tape parade down the vaunted Canyon of Heroes, but this time the streets of Broadway weren't filled with sports heroes. On Wednesday, the heroes were frontline health care workers heroes, honored for putting their lives on the line to protect so many people with COVID-19. Mariana Peredo is a registered nurse, who was among three staffers (Michael Watson/mechanic, and Hamera Bhutta/physician's assistant) selected to represent Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital in the parade. Click here to read the full Patch interview with Mariana.