Jack DiFeo

Autistic Support teacher Jack DiFeo has been a special education teacher for 24 years and has worked at the Smedley School for 13 years. His colleagues recently nominated him for the Ruth Hayre Teacher of the Year award.

Ovarian Cancer Activist

Alice Martin holds a family photo of Maryalyce, her daughter who died of ovarian cancer last year at the age of 42. Since her death, Martin and her family have become activists with the Sandy Rollman Foundation for Ovarian Cancer, a non profit with the goal of raising awareness and also raising funds for research for the deadly disease that is often misdiagnosed.

Memorial for a Fallen Hero

Nancy Berry Leusner, daughter of Henry D. Berry, and Deputy Commissioner Pat Giorgio-Fox sit in front of the plaque that was dedicated to honor the memory of Berry, a Philadelphia police officer who was murdered in 1938.

Absentee Landlords

Camille Capobianco holds the petition to take back her neighborhood from absentee landlords.

Marylee Otto

Teri Sautter and her son Bradley talked to a reporter and I today in their Frankford home about the tragic death of her oldest daughter Marylee Otto, who was struck by a car on Friday March 28 on the corner of Lexington and Rhawn in Northeast Philadelphia. The funeral was on April 2.

Rheos Pivotal Trial at Jeanes Hospital

Joanne DeVuono, a Cape May resident, recently underwent the first rheos pivotal trial in the region. DeVuono has a longterm history of high blood pressure that stems from her father's side of the family and was a perfect candidate for this type of surgery. Dr. John Blebea, Chief of Vascular Surgery for Temple University Hospital, explained that they had to insert a pacemaker-like device into DeVuono's chest and two receptors in her neck that would wrap around the two corroded arteries. This would keep her blood pressure stable.

Lawall & Son - patient

Barry Krieger visits the office of Lawall & Son for a shoe fitting. His leg brace prevents him from tripping. In his spare time, Krieger volunteers as a Shriner Clown by going around to hospitals cheering up sick children.

Lawall & Son - employees (contd)

Magdalini Notidis has been with Lawall & Son for 15 years. She works with leather, fitting braces and corsets that will hold the leg braces in place. Originally from Greece, Notidis started her career as a seamstress but started working for Lawall after reading an ad in the Northeast Times.

Lawall & Son - employees

This is Joe Vogelman, he has worked for Lawall for 22 years. He had polio when he was younger and was in need of elevation on his right foot. In these images, Vogelman makes repairs on foot braces.
Chris Robinson has been with the company for 3 years. He is working on a Carbon AFO (ankle foot orthosis), a brace that will help the patient lift their toes when they walk.
Sean Jackson (8 years), is articulating a mafo (modeled ankle foot orthotic).

Lawall & Son - environment

More experiments with lighting...

Same idea as before with the tracing paper to the right, left and behind subject. This time I used another work light on the right of subject, pointed downward toward shoulders.