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NJ Birthday Girl Feared Dead In Jet Set Club Collapse, Family Says NJ Birthday Girl Feared Dead In Jet Set Club Collapse, Family Says
NJ Birthday Girl Feared Dead In Jet Set Club Collapse, Family Says She went to celebrate her birthday. She never made it home. New Jersey's Jennifer Contreras was one of the victims killed Tuesday, April 8 when the roof of a popular nightclub in the Dominican Republic came crashing down during a concert, according to her brother Anthony, of Passaic. “My beloved sister, Jennifer C. Contreras, was a victim of the tragedy from negligence at Jet Set Night Club in Santo Domingo,” Anthony Contreras wrote on a GoFundMe launched to help bring his sister’s body back to the U.S. Jennifer had flown to the island to celebrate both her birthday and that of a family fr…
Harrowing Photos Show Tech CEO, Family Moments Before Deadly Hudson River Helicopter Crash Harrowing Photos Show Tech CEO, Family Moments Before Deadly Hudson River Helicopter Crash
Harrowing Photos Show Tech CEO, Family Moments Before Deadly Hudson River Helicopter Crash Heartbreaking photos captured just before takeoff show Agustin Escobar, his wife, Mercè Montal, and their three young children standing together outside a helicopter — moments before it crashed into the Hudson River, killing all on board (scroll down to see). The tourist helicopter went down on Thursday, April 10, claiming the lives of the Escobar family and the 36-year-old pilot, whose identity has not yet been confirmed, according to multiple news outlets. ABC News identified the family as those killed. The family's smiling photos — now circulating online — were taken just moments be…
Restaurant Owner ID'd As First US Victim In Nightclub Collapse That's Killed Hundreds Restaurant Owner ID'd As First US Victim In Nightclub Collapse That's Killed Hundreds
Restaurant Owner ID'd As First US Victim In Nightclub Collapse That's Killed Hundreds A New England entrepreneur has been identified as the first American killed in a catastrophic roof collapse at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic that has claimed hundreds of lives. The incident occurred while a band performed onstage at the Jet Set Club in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on Tuesday, April 8. An undetermined number of people are missing. The collapse happened around 12:30 a.m. Fray Luis Rosario, who owned restaurants in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, was among the victims in the tragedy. Rosario ran two Terra Luna cafes — one in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and the other…
MLB Hall-Of-Famer Pedro Martinez Says Family Members Buried In Rubble Of Nightclub Collapse MLB Hall-Of-Famer Pedro Martinez Says Family Members Buried In Rubble Of Nightclub Collapse
MLB Hall-Of-Famer Pedro Martinez Says Family Members Buried In Rubble Of Nightclub Collapse Family members of one of Major League Baseball's all-time greats are among those unaccounted for after a catastrophic roof collapse at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic that has claimed the lives of at least 124. Click here for a new, related story - Restaurant Owner ID'd As First US Victim In Nightclub Collapse That Killed At Least 184 The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 8 at Jet Set Club in Santo Domingo. Approximately 155 have been hospitalized. Pedro Martinez, whose lifetime pitching record of 219-100 puts him at No. 10 on the all-time winning percent…
Boy Killed In Freak Accident Involving Backyard Pennsylvania Zipline, Cops Say Boy Killed In Freak Accident Involving Backyard Pennsylvania Zipline, Cops Say
Boy Killed In Freak Accident Involving Backyard Pennsylvania Zipline, Cops Say A 12-year-old boy was killed after a tree holding up a backyard zipline snapped and fell on him in Pennsylvania, authorities said. Emergency crews were called to a home on the 1400 block of Chadwyck Lane in East Hempfield Township around 11:45 a.m. on Sunday, March 30, for a medical emergency involving a child, according to East Hempfield Township police. When responders arrived, they found the boy unresponsive. Investigators determined that while the child was using a zipline in the backyard, a tree supporting one end of it broke near its base and fell, striking him, police said. Nea…
Virginia Skating Sisters, Parents Die In DC Air Disaster: Virginia Skating Sisters, Parents Die In DC Air Disaster:
Virginia Skating Sisters, Parents Die In DC Air Disaster: An Ashburn figure-skating family with grand ambitions to represent Team USA was among those killed in a devastating mid-air collision over the Potomac River. Everly and Alydia died alongside their parents. https://www.instagram.com/ice_skating_sisters / Facebook photos Everly Livingston, 14, and her sister Alydia, 11—known as the "Ice Skating Sisters"—died alongside their parents, Donna and Peter, when an American Airlines flight crashed into an Army helicopter en route to Reagan National Airport. The family had been returning to the DMV from Kansas after the US Figure Skating Champio…
Matt Gaudreau Was Expecting Baby With Wife, Madeline, Campaign Says Matt Gaudreau Was Expecting Baby With Wife, Madeline, Campaign Says
Matt Gaudreau Was Expecting Baby With Wife, Madeline, Campaign Says The Gaudreau family had much to look forward to. Katie Gaudreau was set to marry Devin Joyce on Friday, Aug. 30. Johnny Gaudreau and his wife, Meredith, were weeks away from celebrating their daughter's second birthday. Matt Gaudreau and his wife, Madeline, were expecting a baby, according to a GoFundMe page launched for Madeline's future. ALSO SEE: Pregnant Gaudreau Widow Has Special Message For Sister-In-Law But the Gaudreau family's happy future was ripped away from them on Thursday, Aug. 29, when brothers Matt and Johnny were struck and killed by a DUI driver …
Jersey Shore Aquarium Society Founding Member Drowns Snorkeling On Family Vacation Jersey Shore Aquarium Society Founding Member Drowns Snorkeling On Family Vacation
Jersey Shore Aquarium Society Founding Member Drowns Snorkeling On Family Vacation What was supposed to have been a relaxing trip for one New Jersey family apparently visiting their grandparents in Texas quickly turned into a nightmare. While snorkeling in San Solomon Springs at Balmorhea State Park in Texas, Ernest Manchin, 82, of Dripping Springs, TX, went under water and did not re-emerge, CBS7 says citing state police. Moments later, Gary Wong, 56, of East Brunswick — Manchin's son-in-law — went under, too. Both Manchin and Wong were rescued from the water but ultimately died at an area hospital, the outlet says. A GoFundMe campaign launched for Wong’s…