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PITTSBURGH — A 17-month-old Baltimore boy is recovering in a Pittsburgh hospital after receiving part of his father's liver and his grandmother's kidney.
Andrew Morrissey was born with a congenital defect that damaged his liver and required both of his kidneys to be removed by the time he was a month old.
But the child's surgeon tells a Pittsburgh newspaper that the 14 hours of surgery on Wednesday went well, though all three patients remained in intensive care today.
A quarter of 29-year-old Michael Morrissey's liver was removed at UPMC Montefiore Hospital and transplanted into his son at Children's Hospital. The boy's grandmother, 53-year-old Dee Papania, donated one of her kidneys.
DERRY — A Westmoreland County foam rubber plant that was heavily damaged by fire last month has caught fire again.Emergency crews say the fire at the Keystone Foam Corp. plant was reported about 6 a.m. today, but was under control about an hour later.There were no immediate reports of injuries.More than 20 workers got out safely after the fire broke out on Aug. 3 at the plant in Derry Township, about 45 miles east of Pittsburgh.The plant has operated since 1983.The cause of the latest fire is still being investigated.
CHIPPEWA — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the emergency landing of a small plane on a Beaver County golf course.Authorities say the pilot and his one passenger weren't hurt, nor was anybody on the ground. Bryan Peluso of Kennedy Township landed the Cessna 172 on Thursday afternoon on a fairway at the Black Hawk Golf Course in Chippewa.The FAA official says the plane lost power shortly after taking off from the Beaver County Airport about a mile away.The FAA is still trying to determine why the plane lost power.Airport officials say the plane belonged to Quantum Aviation.
