Name: Parents accept honorary diploma for son killed by drunken driver
Uploaded: 2024-06-21T00:31:43.254Z
Duration: 2 min 26 s
Description: John and Alisa McMorris walked the stage at Shoreham-Wading River High School to accept an honorary diploma for their late son, Andrew McMorris, who would have graduated Friday with his classmates. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

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