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Dozens Of Boys From Rockland, Elsewhere Hospitalized With Food Poisoning After Ukraine Trip Dozens Of Boys From Rockland, Elsewhere Hospitalized With Food Poisoning After Ukraine Trip
Dozens Of Boys From Rockland, Elsewhere Hospitalized With Food Poisoning After Ukraine Trip More than two dozen boys were reportedly taken to hospitals in Rockland County, the Catskills, and Brooklyn after they apparently suffered food poisoning while returning from a trip to Ukraine. The boys, all in their upper teens, were nauseous, vomiting and feverish, among other reactions, after landing at an unidentified New York City airport, responders said. They apparently had been eating tuna sandwiches before their flight and began feeling ill during the journey, according to unconfirmed reports. UPDATE: As many as 20Vizhnitzer Bochrim who have just returned to Boro Park with the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Student From Rockland Among Four Killed In Ukraine Crash Student From Rockland Among Four Killed In Ukraine Crash
Student From Rockland Among Four Killed In Ukraine Crash A Hudson Valley man was one of four people killed in a small-plane crash. Rockland County resident Amrom Fromowitz, of Monsey, was among three yeshiva students who were killed, along with the pilot, when the plane crashed into a house in western Ukraine's Kolomyia district, on Wednesday, July 28, according to reports from Ukrainian. Their ages have not yet been released. The other students at an Orthodox yeshiva in Jerusalem have been identified as Hershy Weiss of London, and Lazer Brill of Brooklyn. The pilot has been ID'd as Igor Tabanyuk. "Our thoughts are with their fami…

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by Joe Lombardi