Update: Massaroni released from hospital
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- July
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Good news to report on former Stepinac pitcher Pat Massaroni. Two family friends told me the 21-year-old was released from the hospital today and home, resting comfortably in White Plains.
Massaroni, who was a hero in a Jersey Shore in an early-morning house fire on July 19, suffered burns to his hands, face and neck. He was flown via helicopter to the burn center in Livingston, N.J. shortly after the fire. He was improving last week, and was eventually taken off a respirator, from what friends had told me.
(Also, here is a first-hand account of the fire.)
Pat has received well-wishes from a number of people in the area, even from Keith Hernandez during a Mets telecast on SNY last week. (Pat worked as an intern for the Mets this summer.) With all the interest in his story, I just wanted to keep everyone up to date.
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March 2003. He began working for the Gannett weeklies during the winter of
2002 as a freelance writer. He joined the daily staff soon after and has
since covered various high school and pro sports. Away from sportswriting,
Josh lives in Westchester and spends his free time either with his
fiancee, Sarah, or expertly managing his various championship-winning
fantasy sports teams. He's visited 21 major-league baseball stadiums and
insists that Fenway Park and Wrigley Field are the best by far. Josh
graduated from Carmel High School in 1998, then went to Boston University,
where, in 2002, he received a degree in communications with a minor in
history. 
Jake Thomases has covered baseball, hockey, girls basketball, and girls soccer for the Journal News since arriving in 2003. He previously interned at The Poughkeepsie Journal while attending Vassar College. He is socking money away under his mattress to buy the Knicks, at which time he will trade Jerome James to Cleveland for a ham sandwich.
Thanks for keeping us updated Josh! That’s great news!
Best of wishes for Pat as he continues to recover!