You won't believe this Braintree guy's story
Look—you hear about people gettin' into jams overseas all the time, right? Travel nightmares, lost passports, the whole shebang. But then you hear somethin' that just hits different, somethin' that makes you think about how connected we all are, even when we're thousands of miles away. This Braintree fella, Anthony DiPlacido, he's been stuck in India since February, hospitalized after some real serious medical issues. We're talkin' a medical flight just to get him home. Wicked scary stuff.
Here's the thing about this: His family, his friends, people in Braintree and all around, they didn't just sit around waitin' for somethin' to happen. They went out and raised nearly a quarter million bucks to get this guy back to the South Shore. That's not just a GoFundMe, that's a whole community standin' up and sayin', "One of ours is in trouble, and we're bringin' him home." It's the kind of thing that makes you proud to be from around here, even when the Red Line's backed up at the Braintree split and you wanna pull your hair out.
* **Who:** Anthony DiPlacido, a resident of Braintree. * **What happened:** Hospitalized in India since February due to serious medical issues. * **The solution:** His community rallied, raising nearly a quarter-million dollars. * **The outcome:** He's finally coming home on a medical flight.
It's a reminder that for all our gripes about the traffic on the Pike or the price of a pint at the L Street, when one of our own is in a bind, Boston steps up. This ain't some big corporation comin' to the rescue; it's regular people from triple-deckers and cul-de-sacs, diggin' deep to help a neighbor. That's the real Boston, right there.
Wicked early, wicked real — that's how we do it from Dot to the Harbor.
You gotta hear the crew chew on this one, they're live every morning at mornings.live.