# @newsday on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=gTHQ5XNHQYI
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67171253-newsday-youtube
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- **Posted:** 2026-06-22T21:20:18.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Newsday • Long Island News (@newsday) — https://gondola.cc/newsday

## Caption

Steve Gross, 65, has always been a protector on the ice. A lifelong Long Island hockey player, die-hard Rangers fan and now a referee, Gross lives and breathes hockey. As a player, he would always stick up for his teammates, often getting into fights with the opposing team.

When Gross, from Syosset, developed a hernia in August 2024 from lifting his wife’s suitcase at a wedding, he didn’t think much of it besides the annoyance of having surgery.

During the pre-surgical testing in September 2024, Gross’ blood came back with problems. After visiting his primary care physician, then a hematology oncologist, then the R.J. Zuckerberg Cancer Center, Northwell Health’s flagship ambulatory cancer facility, Gross got his diagnosis: acute myelogenous leukemia.

Gross was in search of a donor to give him the healthy bone marrow he needed to live. Who better to do it than his son Jake?

#newyork #hoceky #cancersurvivor 

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- **Views:** 147
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