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1-Year-Old NJ Baby Severely Burned By Hot Coffee Airlifted To Barnabas 1-Year-Old NJ Baby Severely Burned By Hot Coffee Airlifted To Barnabas
1-Year-Old NJ Baby Severely Burned By Hot Coffee Airlifted To Barnabas A 1-year-old boy was severely burned when he pulled a cup of scalding hot coffee from the top of a TV in the family living room, Garfield police said. The boy suffered second-degree burns on his upper right chest and upper right shoulder in the 8:45 a.m. accident Wednesday on Malcolm Avenue, Capt. Mario Pozo said. Based on the severity of the burns, he said, Hackensack University Medical Center paramedics summoned AIrMed One, which picked up the boy with his father at nearby 20th Century Field barely a block from their home. Both were taken to the Burn Center at St. Barnabas in Livingston,…

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Special Santa Visit: Garfield Firefighters Surprise Single Mom, 3 Kids Burned Out Of Home Special Santa Visit: Garfield Firefighters Surprise Single Mom, 3 Kids Burned Out Of Home
Special Santa Visit: Garfield Firefighters Surprise Single Mom, 3 Kids Burned Out Of Home The true meaning of Christmas brought tears to the eyes of some of Garfield's bravest Wednesday night when they brought Santa Claus, and more, to a family burned out of their home. Erika Juarez, her 8-year-old daughter, Ivonne, and two sons, Joshua and Joseph, 6 and 10, were among 25 residents displaced when flames ripped through their three-story brick walkup on 4th Street in Passaic during last week's snowstorm. "They were all lucky enough to get out alive with pretty much only the clothes on their backs," Assistant Garfield Fire Chief E.J. Morano said. After learning that a social work…

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by Jerry DeMarco