Mt. Vernon firefighters help injured man celebrate Christmas

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Mt. Vernon firefighters help injured man celebrate Christmas

By THERESA JUVA

THE JOURNAL NEWS

(Original publication: December 26, 2007)

MOUNT VERNON - Bryant Mix received his Christmas gift one step at a time yesterday. Seven Mount Vernon firefighters carried the 22-year-old up three flights of stairs to his grandmother's apartment on Millington Street, so he could celebrate Christmas with 30 relatives.

Mix has been unable to walk since July when he was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident on Gun Hill Road in the Bronx. He was hospitalized for four months at Jacobi Hospital before being transferred to a rehabilitation center. Mix suffered a broken femur, sternum and severed artery in his arm, his grandmother Farnese Shelton said.

Yesterday was the first time he was at home with family since the accident, and it would not have been possible without the help of Mount Vernon firefighters from Ladder 3 and Rescue 1, his family said.

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