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Boy Severely Burned In Accidental School Fire Tests Positive For COVID: GoFundMe Boy Severely Burned In Accidental School Fire Tests Positive For COVID: GoFundMe
Boy Severely Burned In Accidental School Fire Tests Positive For COVID: GoFundMe Support is pouring in for a Chester County boy who suffered severe burns in an accidental school fire on Thursday and faces a long road to recovery. As of Friday afternoon, the Laird family's GoFundMe campaign had raised more than $1,000 of its $2,500 goal. Brendan was burned above the waist while working on a grinder in shop class in the Chester County Learning Center in Coatesville, Caln Township fire officials told 6abc.  By the time first responders arrived, the fire had already been extinguished by school staff, authorities previously said. He was airlifted to Jefferson Hospital…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Chester County Student Burned In School Fire, Airlifted To Hospital: Authorities Chester County Student Burned In School Fire, Airlifted To Hospital: Authorities
Chester County Student Burned In School Fire, Airlifted To Hospital: Authorities UPDATE: A GoFundMe campaign has been launched for Brendan and his family. *** A student with severe burns was airlifted from a Chester County school Thursday afternoon after a fire broke out inside the building, authorities said. Firefighters were called to the Chester County Learning Center on Lincoln Highway East in Coatesville, where they discovered that a male student, whose age was not immediately known, had apparently been severely burned inside the auto shop around the back of the building, local fire officials said. By the time first responders arrived around 12:40 p.m., the …

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by Nicole Acosta
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NJ Receptionist Clubbed Dead In Philadelphia Office Was Young Professional Who Loved Fashion NJ Receptionist Clubbed Dead In Philadelphia Office Was Young Professional Who Loved Fashion
NJ Receptionist Clubbed Dead In Philadelphia Office Was Young Professional Who Loved Fashion A 49-year-old Philadelphia man has been arrested for clubbing a 31-year-old New Jersey young professional to death in an office space they were sharing earlier this week, according to police and recent news reports. Jeffery Stepien was holding two pipes when police arrived to Constitution Place on Chestnut Street, where Samantha Maag was unconscious on the floor of shared office space on the 8th floor of the building, Philadelphia police and CBS3 report. Maag, of Blenheim, had been working at her job as a receptionist when she was attacked by Stepien, CBS says. Stepien apparently worked on…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Support Surges For Beloved Bucks County Man Left Paralyzed After 4 Spine Infections Support Surges For Beloved Bucks County Man Left Paralyzed After 4 Spine Infections
Support Surges For Beloved Bucks County Man Left Paralyzed After 4 Spine Infections Support is skyrocketing for a beloved Bucks County man who was left paralyzed from the waist down after suffering four different spinal infections and undergoing more than a dozen surgeries. Kevin Sebesky, of Doylestown, has suffered from spine issues for seven years and is in need of a power wheelchair after facing four different infections and undergoing a total of 17 surgeries, according to a GoFundMe launched for his medical expenses. Sebesky was recently released after spending several months at Jefferson Hospital and Magee Rehab Center, according to the fundraiser, launched by his wif…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
PA Man Killed By Car In South Jersey Loved By Many PA Man Killed By Car In South Jersey Loved By Many
PA Man Killed By Car In South Jersey Loved By Many A 45-year-old man from Pennsylvania was struck and killed by a car while walking Thursday night in South Jersey, local police said. Michael D. Geisler, of Pittsburgh, was trying to cross Greentree Road near Heritage Valley Drive when a 2015 Volkswagen heading westbound on Greentree struck him around 11:45 p.m., Washington Township police said. Geisler was rushed to Jefferson Hospital and then airlifted to Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia where he was pronounced dead, police said. Condolences poured in. I am heartbroken over the loss of my friend, Mike Geisler, and I send all my lov…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Gunman Wanted In I-95 Road Rage Shooting Surrenders To Police In DelCo Gunman Wanted In I-95 Road Rage Shooting Surrenders To Police In DelCo
Gunman Wanted In I-95 Road Rage Shooting Surrenders To Police In DelCo A man wanted in a road rage shooting on I-95 turned himself in to Pennsylvania State Police in Media on Wednesday, authorities said. Zion I. Blyden, 21, is facing charges of attempted homicide aggravated assault, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person in connection with the Sept. 12 incident. Blyden shot at a driver's car in the area of Highland Avenue at I-95 northbound in Chester, according to PA State Police. He continued to pursue and ram the driver with his 2006 Mercury Mountaineer on I-95 until Exit 17, Broad Street where he once again shot at the victim’s car and s…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Support Surges For Norristown Area HS Grad Severely Hurt In Motorcycle Crash Support Surges For Norristown Area HS Grad Severely Hurt In Motorcycle Crash
Support Surges For Norristown Area HS Grad Severely Hurt In Motorcycle Crash Support is surging for a Norristown Area High School graduate who was severely injured in a motorcycle crash on Aug. 15. Alex Krier, 21, was on his way to get coffee on his motorcycle when he was struck by a car, GoFundMe organizer Zach Heim wrote. He was ejected from his motorcycle onto the car, cracked the car windshield, and became unconscious. "He is in the hospital with a broken jaw, 4 broken vertebrae, internal bleeding, and on a ventilator." He is awaiting a bed opening in Jefferson Hospital where he will be airlifted for multiple surgeries, according to Heim. "Alex is a person who…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Philly Caretaker, 25, Accidentally Shoots Disabled MontCo Resident, 71, In Face With New Gun Philly Caretaker, 25, Accidentally Shoots Disabled MontCo Resident, 71, In Face With New Gun
Philly Caretaker, 25, Accidentally Shoots Disabled MontCo Resident, 71, In Face With New Gun A 25-year-old employee at a Montgomery County assisted living facility accidentally shot a 71-year-old resident in the face Saturday night, authorities said. The caretaker, a Philadelphia resident, was alone with three residents at the home on the 600 block of Rosemont Avenue in Upper Gwynedd, when the incident occurred around 8 a.m. Saturday, local police said. The home is owned by Jewish Employment and Vocation Services and is operated as Community Living and Home Support for special needs adults.  There, police learned that the caretaker -- who had been working at the hou…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
KNOW ANYTHING? Authorities Investigating Deadly Norristown Shooting KNOW ANYTHING? Authorities Investigating Deadly Norristown Shooting
Know Anything? Authorities Investigating Deadly Norristown Shooting Authorities are seeking the public's help in the investigation of a shooting that left a 21-year-old man dead in Norristown. Norristown police responding to reports of a shooting at 502 W. Lafayette St., found Abdur Rachman Small in the living room, with a gunshot wound in his head on Nov. 20, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Norristown Police Chief Mark E. Talbot said. Small was taken by ambulance to Suburban Community Hospital and later flown to Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia, where he was pronounced dead the following day. An autopsy by the …

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by Cecilia Levine