Longtime former Long Island Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, who died in June, will be laid to rest on Long Island on Tuesday.

She went from political novice to leading advocate for gun reform after her husband was killed and her son severely injured in the 1993 Long Island Rail Road massacre.

New York Democrat came to Congress after her husband and son were shot on a Long Island Rail Road commuter train in 1993.

Former U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, who successfully ran for Congress in 1996 as a crusader for gun control after a mass shooting on a New York commuter train left her husband dead and her son ...

NEW YORK (1010 WINS)-- After nine terms in Congress, Rep. Carolyn Mccarthy's time in Washington is up. In January, McCarthy announced she would not seek a 10th term in office when her current term ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Long Island Democratic Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy announced Monday that she has been diagnosed with lung cancer. In a statement posted on her official website, McCarthy ...

Former U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, who successfully ran for Congress in 1996 as a crusader for gun control after a mass shooting on a New York commuter train left her husband dead and her son ...

Former U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, who successfully ran for Congress in 1996 as a crusader for gun control after a mass shooting on a New York commuter train left her husband dead and her son ...

Longtime former Long Island Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, who died in June, will be laid to rest on Long Island on Tuesday. CBS News New York's Carolyn Gusoff reports.

Former U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, who successfully ran for Congress in 1996 as a crusader for gun control after a mass shooting on a New York commuter train left her husband dead and her son ...