Bronx teen drowns on grade trip at Wild Water Kingdom
A 14-year-old Bronx boy on an eighth grade class trip to Wild Water Kingdom at Dorney Park was found dead in the wave pool early yesterday. Police and the deputy coroner ruled the death a drowning subject to autopsy. The student had been separated from his buddy and missed a head count as staffers searched and the bus waited before leaving.
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Bronx
Wild Water Kingdom
Allentown
Dorney Park
East 164Th Street
Robert Terte
Sandrock
Terte
IS. 166
Nelson Abrue
Pennsylvania
State office tower fire in Harrisburg halted after six alarms
A six alarm blaze on the sixth floor of the PennDOT building in Harrisburg was contained to one floor and extinguished after more than two hours. Firefighters declared the fire out near 8 a.m. after evacuations as Mary Jenkins, a Carlisle resident working in the building, reported smelling smoke and hearing the alarm at 6:05 a.m.
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Harrisburg
Penndot
Mary Jenkins
Carlisle
Wallet found after 33 years returns to Indiana woman
Mary Brewer got her wallet back after 33 years missing from her car while she sat in church. The recovered items included snapshots, a three cent stamp, and a 1961 driver’s license. The only missing item was nine dollars she planned to spend on vitamins. The wallet was mailed to her after being found in a bowling alley wall in Middletown Dauphin County.
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Indiana
Mary Brewer
Brains used without consent at University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia medical examiners removed brains from 26 people who died in 1990 and 1991 and gave the organs to UPenn Medical School without family consent. The Inquirer identified 24 by court filings and records, and located relatives for half of them.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s
University of Pennsylvania Medical School
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
State implements system warning of killer heat
Harrisburg officials announced a new heat advisory system to warn Pennsylvanians of extreme heat. The National Weather Service will issue watches and warnings during excessive heat periods, with 105 degree heat index triggering advisories. The Heat Wave Emergency Preparedness Task Force, formed in July by Lt. Gov. Mark Singer, oversees the program after over 100 heat deaths in Philadelphia. The system’s first test covered Philadelphia and statewide advisories.
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Harrisburg
Ries
Chet Henricksen
National Weather Service
Mark Singer
Philadelphia
Heat Wave Survival Tips From State Task Force
Heat wave survival guidance from the Heat Wave Emergency Preparedness Task Force calls for cool baths or showers, staying in air conditioned places such as malls or libraries, using air conditioners or fans, and wearing light clothing and a hat outdoors. It warns of heat illness signs including heat cramps heat exhaustion and heatstroke and urges consulting a pharmacist or doctor about medication effects and salt intake.
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