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Neighbor: NY Mom in Fight Before Fatal Van Plunge
By not in system - AOL NewsNEWBURGH, N.Y. -- A neighbor says a New York woman who drowned herself and her three children in the Hudson River had been in a loud fight with the kids' father in the hour before the fatal plunge. Latoya James tells the New York Post and Daily News that distraught mom Lashanda Armstrong hid in her apartment Tuesday while her estranged boyfriend, Jean Pierre, pounded on the locked door for 30 minutes. The fight came the day a court barred Pierre from having any contact with his children, following a previous arrest for neglecting a 2-year-old son. James says Pierre left after Armstrong's ...
Son: Mom Cried NY River Plunge 'Terrible Mistake'
By not in system - AOL NewsNEWBURGH, N.Y. - A suicidal mother who loaded her four children into a minivan and drove off a boat ramp into the frigid Hudson River changed her mind as the van sank and cried, "I made a mistake, I made a terrible mistake," said her 10-year-old son, who survived by crawling out a window and swimming ashore. Lashanda Armstrong had warned in a cryptic Facebook message just before the fatal plunge: "I'm so sorry everyone forgive me please for what I'm gonna do.... This Is It!!!!" Her 10-year-old son, the only survivor as his mother and three siblings drowned, says she had told the children, ...
Mom Drives Van Into NY River, Killing Self, 3 Kids
By not in system - AOL NewsNEWBURGH, N.Y. -- A woman who had just been involved in a domestic dispute loaded her four children into a minivan before letting one out and driving the rest of them into the Hudson River, killing herself and the three other children, firefighters said. The 10-year-old boy who had been let out of the minivan Tuesday night ran to a nearby fire station and alerted firefighters, Chief Michael Vatter said. The boy told firefighters his mother had driven off a boat ramp in Newburgh, about 60 miles north of New York City, and into the murky water of the river, Vatter said. Inside with her were the ...
Musician Hammering Out Deal to Play Eiffel Tower
By David Moye - AOL News(April 12) -- A composer in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., knows what it's like to follow the beat of a different drummer: He's trying to hammer out a deal that will allow him to play the Eiffel Tower like a percussion instrument. Joseph Bertolozzi is a composer who has played and performed music all over the world, including the Vatican. His main instrument is the organ, but now he's taken a fancy to playing the Eiffel Tower as well. Bob Rozycki, courtesy of Westfair Publications Composer Joseph Bertolozzi is attempting to hammer out a deal that will allow him to compose a song using the Eiffel Tower ...
Perils of the Hudson: A River Runs Through Us
By Mia Navarro - Politics DailyAs a I look out my living room windows in the Washington Heights area of Manhattan, all I see is a beautiful, peaceful patch of the Hudson River, framed by the green of the Palisades, the line of cliffs on the New Jersey side. It's what sold me on the apartment almost 10 years ago when I bought it (and it was affordable), and it is what I wake up to most days. I wanted a refuge from the assault on the senses that is life in New York City. Much of that life is good, but much of it is also a hassle. I wanted a bubble protecting me from the stress and unpleasantness outside. ...
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