Middletown, NJ
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Central Jersey Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Receives New Pool In Time For Summer Central Jersey Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Receives New Pool In Time For Summer Central Jersey Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Receives New Pool In Time For Summer
Central Jersey Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Receives New Pool In Time For Summer A young boy in Monmouth County battling brain cancer will have plenty of summer fun thanks to some generous donations. An above-ground saltwater pool was donated to three-year-old Mick Augustitus, the Ashley Lauren Foundation said in a Facebook post. The Hazlet toddler was diagnosed with four brain tumors and several tumors on his spine. At Home Recreation donated the pool, while Kiki Pools in South Amboy donated a heater and installed the pool. "Not only did Mick come home from stem-cell transplant last Friday [May 17], but his pool was done the same day he came home," the Ashle…

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by Chris Spiker
Brentwood, NY
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Long Island Man Dies Over Week After Being Pulled Unresponsive From Pool Long Island Man Dies Over Week After Being Pulled Unresponsive From Pool Long Island Man Dies Over Week After Being Pulled Unresponsive From Pool
Long Island Man Dies Over Week After Being Pulled Unresponsive From Pool A Long Island man has died over a week after he was pulled unresponsive from a swimming pool. Emergency crews were called at around 2 p.m. Sunday, May 19, after a 45-year-old man was found unresponsive in a residential pool in the hamlet of West Hills, on West Hills Road. A resident of the home performed CPR until first responders arrived and took the man to Huntington Hospital. He remained in critical condition for more than a week. On Wednesday, May 29, Suffolk County Police confirmed that the man, identified as Ellery Smith, of Huntington Station, had died. Anyone with information on t…

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by Michael Mashburn
Brentwood, NY
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Tragic Development: 5-Year-Old Dies After Being Found Unresponsive In Pool On Long Island Tragic Development: 5-Year-Old Dies After Being Found Unresponsive In Pool On Long Island Tragic Development: 5-Year-Old Dies After Being Found Unresponsive In Pool On Long Island
Tragic Development: 5-Year-Old Dies After Being Found Unresponsive In Pool On Long Island A 5-year-old boy has died one day after he was found unresponsive in a swimming pool on Long Island. Emergency crews were initially called at around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23, after the boy’s mother found him in the pool at their East Moriches home on Woodcrest Drive, according to Suffolk County Police. The 44-year-old woman performed CPR on the boy until medics arrived and took him to Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead.  He was later transferred to Stony Brook University Hospital in critical condition. On Thursday, Aug. 24, police revealed that the boy died at the hospital. …

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by Michael Mashburn
Springfield, MA
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Teen Who Drowned In Pool ID'd As Agawam High Student Teen Who Drowned In Pool ID'd As Agawam High Student Teen Who Drowned In Pool ID'd As Agawam High Student
Teen Who Drowned In Pool ID'd As Agawam High Student A 17-year-old Agawam High School student died late Monday night, May 30, after he drowned in a privately owned swimming pool.  Ömercan Karaarslan was described by school officials as a wonderful young man, loved by his classmates and adored by his teachers. He is going to be sadly missed by our school," they told Western Mass News.  Little is known about the circumstances surrounding Karaarslan's death. Police are investigating the cause of the drowning and have said he was swimming in a home pool in the Feeding Hills area of town.  Firefighters responded to a…

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by Josh Lanier
Lynn, MA
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'Blessed' Haverhill Man Says $1 Million Win Was Thanks To Attending Easter Mass 'Blessed' Haverhill Man Says $1 Million Win Was Thanks To Attending Easter Mass 'Blessed' Haverhill Man Says $1 Million Win Was Thanks To Attending Easter Mass
'Blessed' Haverhill Man Says $1 Million Win Was Thanks To Attending Easter Mass A newly-minted lottery winner credited his windfall to a higher power and plans to use his new chunk of change to install a swimming pool.  Edward Richards won $1 million in the “Billion Dollar Extravaganza” instant ticket game and said he was inspired to buy the ticket after being blessed with holy water at Easter Mass on Saturday, April 8, according to the Massachusetts State Lottery.  Richards bought the ticket at Richdale Convenience, located on West Main Street in Georgetown. He said he would not have gone to that specific store had he not gone to the Easter service…

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by Morgan Gonzales
Ashburn, VA
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No Horsin' Around: Police In Virginia Help Family Rescue 1,800-Pound Horse From Swimming Pool No Horsin' Around: Police In Virginia Help Family Rescue 1,800-Pound Horse From Swimming Pool No Horsin' Around: Police In Virginia Help Family Rescue 1,800-Pound Horse From Swimming Pool
No Horsin' Around: Police In Virginia Help Family Rescue 1,800-Pound Horse From Swimming Pool Police in Virginia came to the rescue of a massive horse that found itself in a precarious position when it went for a swim in a nearby pool. The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office in Virginia was called to a residence on Green Springs Road regarding an 1,800-pound Draft horse that had fallen into a swimming pool after accidentally plowing through a fence. Police say that responding deputies determined that the horse knocked over the top rail of the fence surrounding the pool, jumped the fence, and walked out onto the nylon pool cover, causing it to fall into the frigid water, though its hea…

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by Zak Failla
Lower Paxton, PA
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Carpooling Goes Wrong, Jeep Dives Into Pennsylvania Pool (Photos) Carpooling Goes Wrong, Jeep Dives Into Pennsylvania Pool (Photos) Carpooling Goes Wrong, Jeep Dives Into Pennsylvania Pool (Photos)
Carpooling Goes Wrong, Jeep Dives Into Pennsylvania Pool (Photos) Perhaps the car was overheating and need to cool off, or the driver misunderstood how carpooling works, but no matter the reason it's clear that diving and driving should not mix.  A red Jeep with its headlights still on was pulled from a Dauphin County swimming pool on Sunday, August 4, authorities say.  The Londonderry fire company and the Middletown volunteer fire department were both called to the "vehicle accident with entrapment" involving a swimming pool, according to officials with the crews.  No occupants when in the vehicle when the crews arrived, officials from both crews say.  …

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by Jillian Pikora
Trumbull-Monroe, CT
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Woman's Quick Actions Save Drowning Child In Trumbull, Police Say Woman's Quick Actions Save Drowning Child In Trumbull, Police Say Woman's Quick Actions Save Drowning Child In Trumbull, Police Say
Woman's Quick Actions Save Drowning Child In Trumbull, Police Say A Fairfield County woman is credited with saving the life of a child after she pulled the girl from a community swimming pool. The incident took place in Trumbull at the Ten Apartments, 100 Oakview Drive on Thursday, June 9. The victim, a 5-year-old Trumbull girl, was found unresponsive in the water at about 6 p.m. and was pulled out of the water, said Lt. Brian Weir, of the Trumbull Police.  A bystander at the pool saw what was occurring, immediately stepped in to help, and began doing CPR and rescue breathing on the girl, Weir said. A short time later, the …

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by Kathy Reakes
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
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3-Year-Old Child Pulled From South Jersey Pool, State Police Say 3-Year-Old Child Pulled From South Jersey Pool, State Police Say 3-Year-Old Child Pulled From South Jersey Pool, State Police Say
3-Year-Old Child Pulled From South Jersey Pool, State Police Say The body of a three-year-old child was pulled out of a swimming pool in Atlantic County, authorities said.  State troopers were called to a home in Buena Vista Township about 11:25 a.m. on Tuesday on a report of an unresponsive boy in a pool, a State Police spokesman said Louis Carlos Dimichele, of Buena Vista Township, was airlifted to a local hospital where the boy was pronounced died, the spokesman said.  The pool was located on his family’s property and the formal cause of death is still pending, according to the NJSP spokesman, Sgt. Philip Curry. No other details had been r…

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by Jon Craig