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NY 17-Year-Old Who Died During Hockey Game Was 'Beacon Of Sportsmanship, Leadership' NY 17-Year-Old Who Died During Hockey Game Was 'Beacon Of Sportsmanship, Leadership'
NY 17-Year-Old Who Died During Hockey Game Was 'Beacon Of Sportsmanship, Leadership' The Long Island hockey community is mourning the loss of a rising young star who collapsed and died during a charity game over Thanksgiving weekend. Connor Kasin, age 17, lost consciousness at around 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30, during an intermission at the Town of Oyster Bay Skating Center on Stewart Avenue in Bethpage, Nassau County Police said. Kasin, a senior defenseman at Massapequa High School, was given CPR by bystanders and, later, Nassau County Police medics. He was pronounced dead a short time later at a hospital. Earlier Report: ID Released For Massapequa HS Senior Who Died…

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by Michael Mashburn & Joe Lombardi
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18-Year-Old Killed In Wildfire At Hudson Valley State Park Remembered As HS Baseball Standout 18-Year-Old Killed In Wildfire At Hudson Valley State Park Remembered As HS Baseball Standout
18-Year-Old Killed In Wildfire At Hudson Valley State Park Remembered As HS Baseball Standout A teenage New York State Parks and Recreation worker who died battling one of the latest in a rash of wildfires in the region will be honored at a memorial service in his hometown. The blaze broke out in Orange County at Sterling Forest State Park in Tuxedo on Saturday, Nov. 9, and spread into parts of neighboring New Jersey. Rockland County resident Dariel Vasquez, age 18, suffered fatal injuries after a tree fell, according to the New York Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Vasquez suffered fatal injuries after a tree fell, according to the New York Office of Par…

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by Joe Lombardi
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High School In Region Mourns Sudden Death Of Senior Student-Athlete High School In Region Mourns Sudden Death Of Senior Student-Athlete
High School In Region Mourns Sudden Death Of Senior Student-Athlete A community in Fairfield County is mourning the sudden death of a high school student-athlete. Elliott Kropf, a senior who attended New Canaan High School, died on Saturday night, Sept. 14. Update: New Details Released On Death Of Elliot Kropf "Elliott was a strong student, an excellent athlete, a kind young man, and a wonderful friend, and he will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved him," New Canaan Public Schools Superintendent Bryan Luizzi said in a statement on Sunday, Sept. 15. New Canaan High School will operate on a two-hour delay on Monday, Sept. 16. "All buses …

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by Joe Lombardi