Mar. 15, 2025
Paul Laskey, who hails from the English town of Newcastle, was squirted in the left eye with batteryacidwhen a man tried to mug him and his son in February 2023, he recalled to theBBCin an interview posted on Wednesday, Feb. 19.
“It was just burning. Instantly I couldn’t see anything,” the dad of three told the outlet. “It was horrific.”
He was promptly brought to Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI), where he said doctors immediately suggested the procedure that involves using tissue from a donated placenta to encourage the eye to heal.
Mar. 15, 2025
Andre “Trey” Howard III.Photo:Gofundme
Gofundme
Trey was struck in the head with metal and was taken to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital, where he underwent brain surgery. The young boy’s family was informed that there “was a strong chance he might not survive.”
But miraculously, he woke up and quickly asked about two pressing matters: his sister’s safety and the upcoming Super Bowl between thePhiladelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs.
“He asked me, ‘Daddy, what’s today?
Mar. 15, 2025
David Harrington, Clayton McGeeney and Ricky Johnson.Photo:Ricky Johnson/Facebook
Ricky Johnson/Facebook
The father of one of the menfound dead after watching a Kansas City Chiefs gameat a friend’s house says “justice doesn’t mean anything” to him aftertwo men were charged with manslaughterin connection with the deaths.
David Harrington, 37, Clayton McGeeney, 36, and Ricky Johnson, 38, were found dead outside the rental home of their friend Jordan Willis on Jan. 9, 2024, two days after they watched a Chiefs playoff game there.
Mar. 15, 2025
Staff Sgt. Ryan Austin O’Hara.Photo:U.S. Army
U.S. Army
The father of one of the soldiers on the Black Hawk helicopter thatcollided with an American Airlines flightis remembering his son.
As investigators continue to release new information about the crash, including thehelicopter’s movement in the air, Gary O’Hara, father of Staff Sgt. Ryan Austin O’Hara, spoke toCBS Newsabout his son’s fellow crew members, calling them “probably the most respected pilots that Ryan had ever flown with.
Mar. 15, 2025
Steven Bradly Collins with son Kahleb Rowan Collins (left); and RyLeigh Denise Collins.Photo:Facebook; Riser Funeral Homes
Facebook; Riser Funeral Homes
Alabama authorities are searching for a 1-year-old boy whose months-long disappearance only came to light after members of his family were killed in a car crash.
Kahleb Rowan Collins, 1, was last seen on Sept. 4 in Winfield, Ala., according to an alert from theAlabama Law Enforcement Agency(ALEA).
Law enforcement had been unaware that he was missing until his parents and 2-year-old sister were involved in a fatal crash on Dec.