Shakoya Bala was 29 years old and 12 weeks pregnant when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

"I thought it was over for me and my baby," said Bala, 33, of Baldwin.

Surrounded by friends in matching light pink wigs, Bala was among a crowd estimated by organizers to be more than 81,000 at Jones Beach on Sunday for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk. The New York State Police, which patrolled the event, were not immediately available Sunday to confirm the number of people in attendance.

The walk on Long Island, now in its 32nd year, has brought out tens of thousands annually during October's Breast Cancer Awareness Month . The walk, like others nationwide, aims to bring attention to the disease and raise money for research and patient care.

Bala, who described her treatment

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