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Recovering Rutgers Basketball Legend Spurs Memories Of Golden Era With Nearly $100K Raised Recovering Rutgers Basketball Legend Spurs Memories Of Golden Era With Nearly $100K Raised
Recovering Rutgers Basketball Legend Spurs Memories Of Golden Era With Nearly $100K Raised An appeal on behalf of a Rutgers University basketball legend has spurred tremendous fan support — and memories. Phil "The Thrill" Sellers, who was instrumental in the Scarlet Knights' undefeated regular hoops season and Final Four appearance in 1976, is recovering from two major surgeries. His daughter and son-in-law on a GoFundMe page detailed the tremendous cost ahead caring for the 69-year-old retired athlete, which will required aides at home in East Orange or in a rehabilitation center. The fans' response was immense. As of Monday, July 17, more than $97,000 had been raised. They d…

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by Jon Craig
News
Student Struck By Car In Hawaii Will Return Home To NJ In Medical Chopper Student Struck By Car In Hawaii Will Return Home To NJ In Medical Chopper
Student Struck By Car In Hawaii Will Return Home To NJ In Medical Chopper A college student from Burlington County who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash in Hawaii was cleared to make his big return home via medical chopper on Monday, Feb. 27. Christian DeCola, 19, of Maple Shade, was riding a moped for a food service delivery company when he was hit the night of Feb. 12, his mom, Valerie, tells 6abc. The vehicle backed over her son before fleeing, she said. Christian was unconscious in the Intensive Care Unit when his parents got word of the accident the following day, writes Michele Liberton on a GoFundMe page she launched for the DeCola family. Chri…

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Police & Fire
Anti-Semite Refused Medical Care Because EMTs Were Jewish: Report (VIDEO) Anti-Semite Refused Medical Care Because EMTs Were Jewish: Report (VIDEO)
Anti-Semite Refused Medical Care Because EMTs Were Jewish: Report (Video) A video showing a Lakewood resident refusing to accept medical care because the volunteer first responders from Lakewood EMS were Jewish, Yeshiva World News reports. "She don't want to talk to you guys," the woman's husband is heard telling the EMTs. "No judio." "If she doesn't feel well you have to get medical help," an EMT can be heard saying. Paramedics were then called to help the women, but they also were Jewish, the outlet said. Eventually, the woman was treated and taken to an area hospital by the Jewish first responders — "but not before she threw a fit," YWN says.  Earlier …

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by Jon Craig