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Westchester Woman Battling Cystic Fibrosis Gets Big Lift From Taylor Swift Westchester Woman Battling Cystic Fibrosis Gets Big Lift From Taylor Swift
Westchester Woman Battling Cystic Fibrosis Gets Big Lift From Taylor Swift Megastar Taylor Swift took the time to make a dream come true for 22-year-old Westchester woman battling cystic fibrosis.  The call from Swift took place on Saturday, June 15, after friends of Yonkers' Annie McMahon tweeted the star a video of the group having a dance party in her hospital room, asking Swift to contact the young woman. McMahon, who has had two double lung transplants and is too sick for a third, is now in hospice care. Annie McMahonTwitter But that doesn't stop McMahon and her friends from rocking out to Swift's tunes every chance she feels well enough to do so. In a …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Golf Outing Scheduled In Memory Of Former North Salem HS Student Golf Outing Scheduled In Memory Of Former North Salem HS Student
Golf Outing Scheduled In Memory Of Former North Salem HS Student Friends and supporters of the late Zack Bassin of Carmel, who died in August at the age of 21 from a rare form of Cystic Fibrosis, will host a memorial golf outing in Putnam County to help raise funds to battle the disease. The event, scheduled for May 21 at the Putnam County Golf Course, 187 Hill St., Mahopac, benefits Emily's Entourage, an innovative foundation that fast-tracks research and treatments for Cystic Fibrosis. “Zack was a great friend and an avid golfer and would love to see everyone coming together for a fun day of golf and fundraising for a great cause,” said friend and one …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Organ Recipient Celebrates Second Chance At Life Organ Recipient Celebrates Second Chance At Life
Organ Recipient Celebrates Second Chance At Life At 53 years old, Donna DiCosta has a lot to be thankful for: a successful nursing career and two healthy children. But the thing she is most thankful for is having a second chance at life, thanks to the power of organ donation. “Every day that I am alive is because my organ donor chose to give the gift of life,” DiCosta said. “What she has done for me is truly remarkable.” At age three, DiCosta was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. She managed to live normally for most of her life, but once she had her children her lungs began to fail. She was constantly having a hard time breathing and makin…

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