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Amanda Dinnigan is the youngest
daughter of Local 361 member Bob Dinnigan and his
wife Arlene. She is a beautiful little 8 year old
girl who has been seriously injured in a terrible
automobile accident. She is presently paralyzed from
the neck down and is breathing on a ventilator.
Amanda has sustained severe spinal cord injury
as a result of the accident. The details about the accident
can be found at the following
Newsday Link.
The other three girls that were in the truck with
Amanda at the time of the accident were her 3 cousins Emma, Ashley
and Erin. Emma also suffered a broken neck and was placed on a ventilator. She
has progressed to a point where she is off the
ventilator and has taken several steps. Ashley is okay, and Erin has a cast on her
broken ankle.
Amanda is scheduled to be transferred to
The Shriner’s Children Hospital in Philadelphia
where she will
undergo months of rehabilitation therapy. During
that time we need to get the house prepared for
Amanda to be able to come home. She
will need round the clock nurses and the rooms
modified to fit all the equipment and hospital bed.
Some of the modifications will include installation
of a ramp, doors widened and room sizes enlarged.
If you would like to help this brave little girl in
her fight to make a complete recovery, send a check made out too Mr. Robert Dinnigan
and mail it to:
Mr.Robert Dinnigan
C/O Ironworkers local 361
89-19 97thAve
Ozone Park, NY 11416
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