here's long island reporter kristen thorn. other 8-year-old boy. he doesn't like sitting still. the trauma he's been through is almost unimaginable. 2 years ago while playing in the congo, his native country, a group of chimps attacked him and his brother. >> his younger 4-year-old brother was completely dismembered. somehow din yeah survived. >> he was left without an upper and lower lip shunned by those in his village. they contacted leon clintner. he arraigned for him to come to stony brook hospital. >> he has challenges in eating. if you have no lips you can't close off the food. >> we spoke to them via facebook in married where he's on vacation with his host family. >> a lot will change for dunia come january 11th when he has his first surgery here at stony brook children's hospital. he will have surgeries after that totaling about 20 hours. he will stay in the states another year to recover. >> he's a tough kid. there's a reason that he sur vived it. >> they're hoping that having the surgery will help him and his family reintegrate to life back at home. >> kristen thorn, c

as kristen thorn found, many have not done so. >> reporter: under the new york state department of health regulation, registered cooling towers are listed on the department's website. eyewitness news researched the online database and found many properties are missing. for example, this cooling tower at a hotel on street level in a parking lot does not appear in the database. i spoke with the owners of many cooling towers here on long island and in queens who tell me they are not registered because they weren't aware of the regulation. they didn't want to appear on camera, but told me they were never notified by the state department of health. acknowledged that cooling towers may be missing from the online registry, because they are relying on property owners to come forward on their own and register. a spokesperson for the health department told eyewitness news to raise awareness of the requirements the department has undertaken a multifaceted outreach campaign, consisting of meetings and presentations to a number of stake holder groups, including professional organizations and owner ass

in glen cove, kristen thorn, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> lot of hard work. performance now scheduled for wednesday, january 6. >>> speaking of singers, a long island teenager with her own powerful voice gets to keep on performing. >> coming up on eyewitness news, a creative surgical meet the moore's! we're the moore family, and as you can see, we do more games, and more streaming. so we need more speed. that's why we switched to time warner cable. you can too. call now. now we can connect more devices, at the same time. the wifi in this house is amazing. so is my guacamole. hi grandma and grandpa! ha, look at that! [laughs] time warner cable even has an internet plan for us. get the internet speed that's right for you. from 3 megs to ultra fast 300 megs they even made it easy to switch with a one-hour arrival window. why settle for less, when you can get more! get 50 meg internet for $39.99 per month. call now. you could get free installation, no data cap, and access to over 400,000 twc wifi hotspots with select plans. no way. savor an egg mcmuffin any time

. >>> long island reporter kristen thorn is at the wake tonight. >> reporter: just a show of support for sergeant bonacasa. there was a line outside the building for several hours to honor this comrade to so many. those who knew him say he was a aware of and accepted the risks of fighting for our country because he believed in it more than anything else. [ music ] >> reporter: his 5-year-old may not yet understand war but she has learned far too early about death. her mother, his wife who he met at boot camp was there with her to watch as the military honored him at the air national guard base in west hamton beach. >> our pain and pride merge with inexpressible gratitude for him as our hero. >> a suicide bomber killed the 31-year-old and five other servicemen during an attack in afghanistan last week. a great provider and a beautiful family and it's a great loss for everyone. >> hundreds of people filed into a funeral home in miller place for his wake, trying to understand why someone so wonderful was taken away. >> i've known him since he was a little boy. it's sad for all of us tod

. >> kristen thorn has seven ways to protect your wealth and your health at the same time. >> reporter: lynn gurgin has been through a lot. two mastectomies and a partial his recollect me. >> i consider myself lucky. >> reporter: what she doesn't consider lucky is her yearly medical expenses. they went from $3000 a year to nearly 12,000. >> i wish that when i was working and making my big bucks, which i was, i mean, not a fortune, but i was making decent money, that i didn't say i've got money, i could go out and i could get this for the kids or i could do that. i wish i had taken more than half of that and put it away >> reporter: that's exactly what financial experts advise people to do when they are healthy. save and keep your debt under control, because the last thing you'll want to deal with when you're battling a serious illness is worrying about money. you could consider getting insurance for your credit cards and mortgage, and-- >> understand your insurance. don't just take it. understand what it covers and what it doesn't. >> reporter: financial experts say it's really importa

it is song after song after song. >> but they all know it is worth it. >> in glenn cove, kristen thorn, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> sounds beautiful. >>> a teenager with a life- threatening growth on his face finally able to a normal life. >> coming up on eyewitness news, the surgeons right here in new york city that are now giving him a second chance. >> i'm liz cho. coming up at 6:00, an exclusive report on a security breach at ken zi airport. a man manages to get over a fence and on to a taxi way, and then escapes. now, eyewitness news has an investigation that is raising disturbing questions about security and communication between the nypd and port authority police. >> plus, he was in a homeless shelter as a child. and now an nypd officer is making sure homeless kids receive a gift this holiday all coming up next, at 6:00. meet the moore's! we're the moore family, and we're always looking for ways to enjoy more. so we called time warner cable and got even more than we expected. call now to get more. more tv shows and movies on demand. more places to make more unlimited calls. ca

>> thorne: i don't know. >> kristen: ask rick. maybe he knows. [ birds chirping ] >> pam: [ sighs ]