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PA Sixth Grader Dies Weeks After Swimming Incident, Mom Says PA Sixth Grader Dies Weeks After Swimming Incident, Mom Says
PA Sixth Grader Dies Weeks After Swimming Incident, Mom Says Support is on the rise for the family of a Pennsylvania middle school student who died more than two weeks after an incident while swimming with friends. Emilio Tarr died on Tuesday, Sept. 17 at 1:13 p.m., according to a GoFundMe campaign launched by Elaina Tarr.  He was a sixth grader at Elkins Park School in Cheltenham.  Emilio was swimming with friends on Sunday, Sept. 1 when he suffered "a tragic drowning accident," his mother previously wrote. Emilio was hospitalized and later died. "Our shooting star was sent to heaven," Elaina Tarr wrote in an update. "As a family, w…

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by Jon Craig
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Philly Middle School Locked Down, Students Hospitalized For 'Ingesting Unknown Substance' Philly Middle School Locked Down, Students Hospitalized For 'Ingesting Unknown Substance'
Philly Middle School Locked Down, Students Hospitalized For 'Ingesting Unknown Substance' Several Philadelphia middle school students are hospitalized and their campus is locked down after police say they ate an "unknown substance."  It happened at Crossroads Accelerated Academy, 4300 Westminster Ave. in West Philly, at around 11:40 a.m. on Wednesday, April 26, city police told Daily Voice.  The school was locked down by police at about 12:15 p.m. An unknown number of students "orally ingest(ed)" an "unknown substance" and were taken to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the department said. They are in stable condition as of 3 p.m., authorities added. …

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by Mac Bullock