Crime & Safety
Widow of Patrick Luca Petitioning for Patrick’s Law
Sign placed at bluff in memory of Luca reminding boaters to wear life jackets.
For Stephanie Luca, widow of New York City police officer Patrick Luca who died in a kayaking accident in Smithtown Bay this past August, advocating for a stricter law regarding life jackets is one way she trying to move forward from her
Patrick's Law would would require anyone on a watercraft smaller than 21 feet to wear life jackets at all times, according to a report in Newsday.
by Kings Park resident and boater Ted Sandomenico. Luca’s body was found the following day by a recreational boater near Sunken Meadow State Park.
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According to a report in Newsday, Stephanie and officials from the town of Smithtown recently placed a sign at the spot where Caden and Luca launched the kayak, reminding boaters to that life jackets save lives.
From the Newsday report
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“Had he had a life vest on, you would not be sitting here talking to me,” Stephanie said as she sat in her living room with her 2-year-old daughter, Brea, on her lap. “She would have a dad. I would have a husband.”
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