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Schania Burgess, 8, has not been outside since Sandy hit because her building's elevators are still not working. (credit: CBS 2)

Wheelchair-Bound Girl Remains Trapped In Apartment 4 Months After Sandy Hit

Her mother said the elevators in their high-rise building on Surf Avenue and 24th Street have been out of order for months, leaving the 8-year-old a virtual prisoner in their third floor apartment.

2013/02/28

NJ TRANSIT Bus (file/credit: Evan Bindelglass/CBSNewYork)

Mom: Daughter Stranded Midair On Wheelchair Lift Trying To Board NJT Bus

A simple family outing to the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree quickly turned into a nightmare for a New Jersey family over the weekend.

2012/12/12

Evelynn Biondo (credit: Facebook)

Wheelchair Ramp Stolen From 5-Year-Old In Mastic; Good Samaritan Builds Temporary Ramp

Mastic resident Alicia Biondo’s daughter is blind, has seizures, and cannot walk, all as a result of being shaken severely by her father as a newborn.

2012/12/06

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Timmy The Dog Gets Wheelchair And Now Needs To Be Adopted

“He’s now ready to go home. He’s in great shape, he’s obviously very used to his chair,” Casey said. Casey said the wheelchairs are getting more and more common for disabled dogs, and said Timmy “took to it immediately.”

2012/05/07

Christopher Levi's wheelchair was found not far from his Holbrook, NY home on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012 (credit: CBS 2)

Wheelchair Of Injured Iraq War Veteran Returned

Christopher Levi’s wheelchair was discovered in the woods not far from his Holbrook home.

2012/01/27

Christopher Levi in his wheelchair. (credit: Handout)

Suffolk Co. Police Offering Reward For Information In Theft Of Iraq War Veteran’s Wheelchair

Chris Levi discovered his $3,000 custom-made wheelchair with a Purple Heart and Army seal embroidered on the back, missing when he returned to his Mollie Boulevard home in Holbrook on Jan. 19.

2012/01/25

Cody Santiago (credit: handout)

Police Arrest Cody Santiago, Suspect In Purse Snatching Of Elderly Wheelchair-Bound Woman

The heartless nature of the crime stunned viewers who saw surveillance video of it. In the tape, a man can be seen simply reaching into the lap of Catalina Mateo, grabbing her purse, and sprinting away.

2011/08/04

Cody Santiago (credit: handout)

Cops ID Suspect Wanted In Brooklyn Purse Snatching; Elderly Victim Speaks Out

Authorities are now looking for 18-year-old Cody Santiago, of Grove Street in Brooklyn.

2011/08/03

Boone Logan (file / credit: Al Bello/Getty Images)

New York Yankees Bring HOPE Week To Cerebral Palsy Patient On Staten Island

On Staten Island, a young woman is not letting her serious conditions hold her back from helping those in need, and now the Bronx Bombers have come to help her.

2011/07/28

Wheelchair (file / credit: clipart.com)

Police: Worker At United Cerebral Palsy Center Taunted Blind Wheelchair-Bound Patient

Gregory Richardson, 21, lowered the back of the wheelchair the patient was in and started bouncing it around saying it was “like a roller coaster ride,” Nassau County police Lt. Kevin Smith said.

2011/07/15

Flames (file / credit: Woohae Cho/Getty Images)

Handicapped Woman Dies In Overnight L.I. Fire

Suffolk County police say the woman was pronounced dead early Thursday morning inside her Mastic home.

2011/01/20

Jordana Holovach holds a photo of her son Jacob in front of the U.S. Capitol - Washington, DC - Photo: Jacob's Cure

Stories From Main Street: Harrison, NY

When Jordana Holovach’s son Jacob was six-months-old, doctors diagnosed him with Canavan Disease.

2011/01/17

Wheelchair

Man In Wheelchair Rescued From NYC Subway Tracks

A man who lost control of his motorized wheelchair and ended up on the New York City subway tracks before being pulled to safety has been hospitalized in serious but stable condition.

2010/12/17

Generic NYPD Image (credit: AP)

NYPD Searches For Scooter Thieves In NYC

Someone swiped an elderly woman’s brand new Victory 9 scooter which she’d had for just a week from right in front of a church.

2010/11/19

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Police Trying To Find Manhattan Wheelchair Bandit

Police are asking for help to find a man wanted in connection with the theft of a tourist’s motorized wheelchair.

2010/08/17

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