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Pennsylvania Woman Drowns In Waterfall At Glacier National Park (UPDATED) Pennsylvania Woman Drowns In Waterfall At Glacier National Park (UPDATED)
Pennsylvania Woman Drowns In Waterfall At Glacier National Park (Updated) A 26-year-old Pennsylvania woman died after falling into the water at Glacier National Park in Montana, according to officials.  The National Parks Service said Gillian Tones of North Apollo slipped on a rock and fell into the water above St. Mary Falls on Sunday afternoon, June 23.  Witnesses said Tones was washed over the falls and trapped underwater for "several minutes," rangers said in a release. Bystanders pulled her from the bottom of the falls and rendered CPR before EMTs arrived in a helicopter.  She never regained consciousness and was pronounced dead at 7 p.m…

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Not Forgotten: Philly Area Native Among Thousands Killed At Pearl Harbor Not Forgotten: Philly Area Native Among Thousands Killed At Pearl Harbor
Not Forgotten: Philly Area Native Among Thousands Killed At Pearl Harbor Of the more than 2,400 Americans killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor exactly 81 years ago, at least one was a native of Delaware County.  Michael Savinski, a 23-year-old Seaman First Class from Chester, was stationed aboard the famous USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on the day the Japanese Empire launched a surprise attack, according to federal war records.  The Arizona, coincidentally a Pennsylvania-class battleship, was sunk after a Japanese bomb landed on its munitions storage room, causing an explosion and killing 1,177 sailors, the National Parks Service says.  Savinski went dow…

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by Mac Bullock