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Trapped In Cement: MD Woman With Worsening ALS Feels Like Her Body’s Been Poured In Stone Trapped In Cement: MD Woman With Worsening ALS Feels Like Her Body’s Been Poured In Stone
Trapped In Cement: MD Woman With Worsening ALS Feels Like Her Body’s Been Poured In Stone Brooke Eby isn't ready to call "code red" just yet as she continues her battle with ALS as she approaches the "later stages" of the disease. The Potomac, MD native and Lehigh University graduate, who has been sharing her "dying diary" on social media, had some strong words in her latest update as she described the toll ALS continues to take on her body. In her latest post, Eby says she hates that she's paralyzed, and explained that it feels like someone poured cement over one foot, then the other, then her entire body. "It feels like the actual me is stuck inside the cement, desperately tr…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Man In Wheelchair Struck Dead By Peter Pan Bus Heading To DC From Station In Philadelphia Man In Wheelchair Struck Dead By Peter Pan Bus Heading To DC From Station In Philadelphia
Man In Wheelchair Struck Dead By Peter Pan Bus Heading To DC From Station In Philadelphia A man in a wheelchair was fatally struck by a Peter Pan bus outside 30th Street Station in Philadelphia’s University City, authorities announced on Thursday, Aug. 7. The crash happened just before 9:35 a.m. at the intersection of Market Street and Schuylkill Avenue, steps from one of the city’s busiest transit hubs. The 40-year-old man had been panhandling between two lanes of traffic when he rolled in front of the bus as it was stopped at a red light, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. Once the signal turned green, the bus — which was headed northbound on Schuylkill Avenue —…

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by Jillian Pikora
News
Healthcare Worker Convicted Of Neglecting Vulnerable Man Who Jumped Out Maryland Window Healthcare Worker Convicted Of Neglecting Vulnerable Man Who Jumped Out Maryland Window
Healthcare Worker Convicted Of Neglecting Vulnerable Man Who Jumped Out Maryland Window A 49-year-old home healthcare worker that failed to check in on his patient, who was found injured after jumping out of a Frederick County apartment building will spend time behind bars, the state's attorney's office announced. Emmanuel Olaeken Owoyeye was ordered by a judge to spend 12 months in the Frederick County Adult Detention Center with another nine years suspended for neglecting a vulnerable adult. In August last year, a resident was walking his dog when he spotted a man on the ground, and it was later determined that the 55-year-old victim was diagnosed with Down Syndrome, as well…

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by Zak Failla