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'Unique Sweetness, Tenderness': Dumont Boy, 14, Who Died Suddenly 'Wore Heart On His Sleeve' 'Unique Sweetness, Tenderness': Dumont Boy, 14, Who Died Suddenly 'Wore Heart On His Sleeve'
'Unique Sweetness, Tenderness': Dumont Boy, 14, Who Died Suddenly 'Wore Heart On His Sleeve' Members of a stunned and heartbroken community wrapped their collective hearts around a grieving Dumont family Sunday while trying to wrap their minds around the sudden death of a 14-year-old boy who collapsed while playing basketball. Aaron Vasquez, who hoped to someday become a major league baseball player or coach, had finished practicing with his recreational league team on Saturday when he decided to stick around Grant Elementary School to play ball with his younger brother, other parents said. A short time later he collapsed, they said. A coach who's a hospital medic immediately beg…

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by Jerry DeMarco