Around New England

Mass. Native, Killed In Ethiopian Plane Crash, Recalled As “Shining Star”; Was Ralph Nader’s Grandniece

Bill Gnade

24-year-old Samya Stumo, a Sheffield native and an alumna of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, was one of 157 passengers killed in the Ethiopian Airlines crash of a Boeing 737 Max shortly after it took off from Addis Ababa airport in Ethiopia on March 15.

Stumo also graduated from Mount Everett Regional High School in Sheffield when she was just 16.

Around New England

Woman Who Survived Rare Disorder Throws Thank-you Party For Maine Hospital Staff That Saved Her

Bill Gnade

In the delivery room of the Mount Desert Island Hospital (MDI) in Bar Harbor, ME, Alisa Nye stopped breathing moments after giving birth to a beautiful baby girl. And then her heart stopped beating.

For six intense minutes the on-duty obstetrics team raced to keep her alive, using chest compressions and a defibrillator. Her pulse returned, only to vanish. The staff did not yield. They used the defibrillator again and got a pulse; they intubated Nye to keep her breathing.

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