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The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Hero’s welcome: Rainelle Mayer, center, hugs her grandson Christian Viola after he steps off the plane Saturday evening at the Albany International Airport in Colonie. His mother, Michelle Viola Street, of Altamont, at far left, had just rushed to greet him in a blur of motion. Her oldest son, Christian joined the Marines two years ago and just completed a seven-month deployment overseas, she said.