Throughout the Tampa Bay area, people of all ages are offering support to a teen who was raped and left for dead near the Bloomingdale library. A list of events is in Friday’s North of Tampa story, reprinted below. They include this fundraiser on Saturday, Sept. 20: Tampa Has Talent, a variety show, 7
TAMPA — The teenager beaten and raped at Bloomingdale Regional Library in April can see light and shadows, and may regain her sight if her brain heals properly, the teen’s family learned this week. A neuro-ophthalmologist examined the teen Thursday and determined that there was no optical damage, her mother
My name is Anna H. and I left you a voice mail message today regarding your article ‘My soul is broke,’ mother of beaten teen…. I am a part of an organization from Southern California called the Union of Vietnamese Student Associations (UVSA/Tong Hoi Sinh Vien). A couple of us have
Imagine my surprise when I received an overnight package from ING Direct and found that enclosed a check for 2500.00 for the victim of a brutal assault at the Bloomingdale Library. Thank you so much for caring and contributing to the fund which is needed for her long term care.
She had earned a full scholarship to attend the University of Florida, and celebrated her 18th birthday on April 22. Two nights later, the East Bay High School senior swung by the Bloomingdale Regional Library to drop off books at the night drop. She was on her cell phone with
Statement from Governor Charlie Crist “This young woman and her family have been through a very difficult time and I am thankful that she is receiving the rehabilitative care that she needs. I appreciate Secretary Benson and her team at the Agency for Health Care Administration for ensuring that she continues
TAMPA – Friends of the victim of the rape and beating at the Bloomingdale Regional Library realize that life for the young woman will never be the same as it was April 24, 2008, when she left her job at Abercrombie Kids at Westfield Brandon mall to head to St.
TAMPA From the day she was born, her mother’s dream for her was that she go to college. The family raised her to put education first so that she could one day contribute something positive to a society that gave her immigrant mother freedom. The girl with the dark silky