Family rescued from Long Island home after tree crashes onto it

Wednesday, August 22, 2018
ROCKY POINT, Long Island (WABC) -- A family on Long Island was briefly trapped inside their home Wednesday morning after a tree came crashing down onto it.

The enormous tree crashed onto the home of Elizabeth Dobies just after 8:00 a.m. in Rocky Point, trapping her and her family until help arrived.
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First responders rescued the family from the home approximately a half hour later.

No one was injured.

The family has lived in the home for 40 years.
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Authorities have condemned the home, which will leave the family out of it for what could be a while as repairs may take several months.

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