Miracle man defies death after 29 heart stoppages
Buford Muncy of Bluefield West Virginia has survived 29 cardiac arrests since his first heart attack on November 6 1978. Doctors declared him dead or near death 29 times but each time his heart restarted after defibrillation and he was released Monday from Bluefield Community Hospital with his wife Mary by his side.
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Buford Muncy
Mary
Bluefield Community Hospital
Bluefield
W. Va
Muncy
Survivor Donnie Priest Returns From Sierra Plane Crash
Donnie Priest, 11, walked on artificial legs with crutches after being rescued from a Jan. 3 Sierra crash that killed his parents. The Portola Valley boy thanked Yosemite mountaineers and a Lemoor Naval Air Station helicopter crew who saved him after five days in the wreckage. He recalled a frozen sleeping bag and sleeping most of the time while awaiting rescue.
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Donnie Priest
Navy
Portola Valley
Calif
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite
Lemoore Naval Air Station
Donnie
Sierra Nevada
Ohio to spend 100000 to remove radium from Cleveland yard
Ohio Health Department will hire a private firm to dispose of hundreds of radium vials found in a Cleveland couple’s barbecue pit. The Controlling Board approved emergency funds for removal and decontamination, with bids to be reviewed from three companies and lab tests planned for exposed residents.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Health Department
Cleveland
Jesse Drake
Department
Bureau of Administrative Services
Eugene
Joan Skiljan
Walter Issel
Issel
Drake
Presi
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