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Local Firefighters Join in Hero's Homecoming [Photos]

Firefighters from across Long Island lined the overpasses of the Southern State Parkway Friday afternoon, marking the return home of injured FDNY firefighter Robert Wiedmann.

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Firefighters from Lakeview, West Hempstead and Malverne joined others from Long Island in a salute to one of their brothers.

They lined the overpasses of the Southern State Parkway Friday afternoon and hung American flags to mark the homecoming of injured FDNY firefighter Robert Wiedmann, of Islip Terrace.

Wiedmann, 38, was critically injured battling a blaze in Brooklyn in December 2011, "sustaining burns to over 40 percent of his body, including his head, face and back," according to CBS News. He was released today from New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center.

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