DIX HILLS, Long Island (WABC) -- A hero teacher from Long Island who died while saving his students during the school shooting in Parkland, Florida is getting a big honor.
Huntington town officials, along with state officials unveiled a street sign dedicating Hart Place in Dix Hills as 'Scott J. Beigel Way.'
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The geography teacher was raised on that street, and his parents still live there.
Beigel was killed after unlocking his door and letting students in to hide.
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