We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to some very kind people living and working in our community.
Our son, Alex, went to the Williston Park Street Fair on Sunday the 20th with some friends. He was only there about a half hour when we received a phone call from him.
He lost his wallet.
He was upset and we were upset for him. It didn’t help that we were getting ready to attend a wedding out east, but his dad rushed up to the Fair with some more money and Alex continued his time at the fair.
We were hoping that a nice person would find the wallet and perhaps figure out how to contact us, but we thought the chances were slim.
The only thing the wallet contained, aside from money, was his school ID picture from the previous year.
It only had his name, not the name of the school, for safety reasons.
Well it turns out that a very nice woman, Jennifer Laffey, and her children found the wallet.
From my son’s photo she looked around the fair trying to find him. No luck, but she did find Police Officer Kevin Sikorski, and turned the wallet over to him.
Luckily police officer Sikorski took down Mrs. Laffey’s name.
Police officer Sikorski also looked up and down the street fair trying to find our son.
But it being a sunny day a Brooklyn Nets cap was on Alex’s head, inadvertently shielding his face from the people that really would have cheered him up.
Police officer Sikorski did see a Mineola Middle School teacher he knew, Paul Pereira.
Mr. Pereira knew that this was a middle school ID and also knew that our son had moved up to the high school building.
Police Officer Sikorski then reached out to the Mineola High School and the woman he spoke with, Nancy McCarthy, recognized my son’s name when it was mentioned.
Nancy reached out to us and put us in touch with Police Officer Sikorski.
The rest as they say is history.
It is wonderful to know that this community is filled with some very kind people and that the men and women of the 3rd Precinct work very hard to serve and protect our community no matter how big or small the case may be.
Thank you again to all who took the time to make sure a young man got his wallet returned.
You all made our day!
Mary and Tony Castiglia
Williston Park
