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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Bryn Mawr man struck by vehicle sees irony in incident

I just heard from Mitchell Rodman of Bryn Mawr who was struck by a vehicle Tuesday in Ardmore. He's feeling much better but noted several ironic points in the incident. See the updated story below.


Narberth EMS treats a man who was struck by a car at Station Ave. and Lancaster Ave. in Ardmore about 1 p.m. Tuesday. Photo Pete Bannan


A Bryn Mawr man is still in the hospital Thursday after he was struck by a car at approximately 1:15 p.m. Tuesday.
Mitchell Rodman, 57, noted the irony in the fact that he had just left the Radioshack, 9 E. Lancaster Ave., where he was buying items to repair an invisible fense, "so that my dog wouldn't get run over," when he was struck by a vehicle at Lancaster and Station avenues.
Rodman said he suffered an injury that caused his bleeding in the brain  and memory loss.
Lower Merion police and Narberth Ambulance treated Rodman at the scene of the incident and transported him to the hospital. -- Bryn Mawr man hit by car notes irony

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Main Line must read: Quadriplegic Wayne resident Jim Sanders celebrates 20 years of independent living

JOS Trust members – and just a few of Jim Sanders’ many friends – gather with Jim outside his Chesterbrook home: David Dugery of Newtown Square, Bill Crockett of Media and Melissa and Byron Anstine of Chester Springs. 
(Caroline O'Halloran/Main Line Media News)

Pennsylvania and New Jersey locals may remember the story of Jim Sanders. In 1989, at age 22, the Temple student dove into shallow waters in Longport, N.J. only to have his life forever changed through a spinal injury.

In a story on our website today, Main Line Suburban Life reporter Caroline O'Halloran writes:
 They read about how doctors, certain that Jim would never survive an ambulance ride, had to wait anxiously five long days for the weather to clear before he could be safely medevaced from Shore Memorial to Jefferson’s Level 1 Trauma Center, an airlift that would become Jim’s first post-accident memory.
 Sanders did survive the incident and the medevac. In fact, he is celebrating 20 years of independent living through the friends he's met and the lives he's changed since the incident.

Read full story: Quadriplegic Wayne resident Jim Sanders celebrates 20 years of independent living

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