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East Northport native Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter was killed in the Parkland massacre, joined Northwell Health President and CEO Michael Dowling
in speaking at a gun violence symposium on Long Island.
NORTHWELL TARGETS GUNS
HEALTHCARE GROUP URGES INDUSTRY TO FOLLOW ITS LEAD IN COMBATING GUN VIOLENCE
BY CLAUDE SOLNIK
Northwell Health is urging others in the healthcare industry to follow the healthcare
group’s lead in treating gun violence as a health issue.
In December, Northwell Health President and CEO Michael Dowling challenged fellow
leaders of major healthcare corporations to match the $1 million he pledged to help
combat gun violence. And in February, Dowling addressed an emergency medicine
symposium about gun violence along with Fred Guttenberg, an East Northport native
who dedicated himself to battling gun violence after his daughter was killed in the
Parkland massacre.
“People talk about gunshot victims,” said Guttenberg, aiming to humanize the topic
that can be abstract to many. “They were living and breathing and loving and being
loved on. And like that, in a second it’s over.”
His 14-year-old daughter, Jaime Guttenberg — along with 16 other students and staff
of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. — lost her life to a 19-yearold
gunman who opened fi re with a semi-automatic rifl e on February 14, 2018.
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