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Renowned PA Knife Maker Clings To Life After Crash—Community Races To Help Renowned PA Knife Maker Clings To Life After Crash—Community Races To Help
Renowned PA Knife Maker Clings To Life After Crash—Community Races To Help A critically injured Pennsylvania knife maker is fighting for his life after a violent car crash, and supporters are racing to keep his dream alive. Steve Pellegrino is on life support with his wife, Rae, keeping vigil by his side in the ICU, according to a fundraiser organized by William Shear. A picture of the couple is taped to his hospital bed—ready for when he wakes up. Pellegrino, a respected artisan, had just risked everything—emptying his life savings to move from a home workshop into his first commercial space. Now, mounting medical bills threaten to unravel his hard-fought progr…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Fire Displaces ICU Patients, Newborns At Crozer-Chester Medical Center (DEVELOPING) Fire Displaces ICU Patients, Newborns At Crozer-Chester Medical Center (DEVELOPING)
Fire Displaces ICU Patients, Newborns At Crozer-Chester Medical Center (Developing) A fire broke out in the electrical room of the loading dock at Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland on Thursday night, Dec. 26, prompting a massive emergency response and the evacuation of multiple hospital units, according to authorities. Emergency crews were dispatched shortly after 8:40 p.m. when smoke was detected in the loading dock along Upland Avenue. By 9:10 p.m., the fire was confirmed to have spread to a room that controlled the hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU), fire officials said over radio traffic. All 24 ICU patients were evacuated, with ambulances across the county mobi…

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Mom, 4-Year-Old Hospitalized After I-81 Triple Fatal Crash In Central PA Mom, 4-Year-Old Hospitalized After I-81 Triple Fatal Crash In Central PA
Mom, 4-Year-Old Hospitalized After I-81 Triple Fatal Crash In Central PA A 4-year-old girl and her mom are in the hospital with serious injuries after a triple fatal crash on Interstate 81 killed the family's matriarch, a family friend told Daily Voice on Tuesday, July 16.  Lieu Nguyen, 49 of Harrisburg, was among the three killed in a crash when a tractor-trailer left I-81 North went over the grassy median and struck multiple vehicles on I-81 South on Sunday, July 14, as Daily Voice reported at the time.  Lieu's daughter, 28-year-old Hoa-my Nguyen, and her daughter (Lieu granddaughter) 4-year-old Mila Nguyen remain in Hershey Medical Center …

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by Jillian Pikora