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Longtime Perkasie Fire Captain Dies At 55 Longtime Perkasie Fire Captain Dies At 55
Longtime Perkasie Fire Captain Dies At 55 Christopher R. Pettit Sr., a Fire Police captain with the Perkasie Fire Company, died suddenly on Friday, June 30, his loved ones said in his obituary. He was 55.  Pettit, of East Rockhill, had worked in the Fire Police for 15 years, relatives wrote.  He had previously served his community as a 911 dispatcher for Bucks County Emergency Communications, and prior to that was a certified EMT for the Harleysville and Central Bucks Ambulance Corps, his obit says.  After Pettit's passing on Friday, his Perkasie colleagues penned a tribute on social media.  "Chris was a …

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by Mac Bullock
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IRONMAN: 3 Years After MS Diagnosis PA Army Vet. To Compete Internationally IRONMAN: 3 Years After MS Diagnosis PA Army Vet. To Compete Internationally
Ironman: 3 Years After MS Diagnosis PA Army Vet. To Compete Internationally Army Veteran, Stephen Glaus is getting ready to compete in his fourth Ironman— (this time internationally) after he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in August 2018.  Three weeks after his MS diagnosis Glaus "was unable to see, walk, or even control my bladder. I woke up multiple times having wet the bed. Doctors told me that I could be permanently wheelchair-bound within a few years," he said a post on his GoFundMe.  Within a few doses of intravenous steroids and chemotherapy, Glaus slowly regained the use of his legs, which motivated him, in his words, "to defy the odds". So even th…

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by Jillian Pikora