Lillian Smart from Louisiana passes away after likely contracting a brain-eating amoeba from swimming in a lake.
An 8-year-old girl named Lillian Smart passed away in a Ruston hospital after health officials suspected she contracted a brain-eating amoeba while swimming in a lake in northern Louisiana. This tragic event occurred just a day after Lillian celebrated her eighth birthday. The Smart family expressed their heartbreak in a Facebook statement, saying, “The injuries […]
Mamdani appoints Lillian Bonsignore as Fire Commissioner at FDNY headquarters
Mayor Swears in New FDNY Chief On Tuesday, Mayor Zoran Mamdani officiated the swearing-in of the new fire chief amidst a crowd of supportive New Yorkers. The event took place at FDNY headquarters in Brooklyn, making Lilian Bonsignore, aged 56, the second woman and the first openly gay individual to head the department. “I chose […]