Joanne Atkins-Ingram, center, her attorney, Jill E. Green, and Congressman Chris Smith, held a press conference on April 7, to demand an independent investigation into the death Braeden Bradforth, Atkins-Ingram’s son.
New Jersey’s 11 Democrat members of the House of Representatives joined the delegation’s sole Republican, Congressman Chris Smith, this week in the battle to achieve justice for Braeden Bradforth, the 19 year old Neptune, NJ football player who died suddenly at Garden City Community College in Garden City, Kansas last August.
The 12 members of Congress jointly signed a letter to Ryan Ruda, president of the college, demanding an independent investigation into the young Monmouth County man’s death.
Bradforth died on August 1, 2018 following a football practice on his second day on the GCCC squad. The team’s coach, Jeff Sims, attributed Bradforth’s death to a blood clot. The local medical examiner ruled the cause of death extreme heat stroke. The college administration destroyed surveillance video.
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Posted: May 2nd, 2019 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Chris Smith, Monmouth County News, New Jersey, News | Tags: Braeden Bradforth, Congressman Chris Smith, Garden City Community College, Garden City Kansas, Jeff Sims, Jill E Green, Joanne Atkins-Ingram, Monmouth County News, New Jersey, NJ Congressional Delegation, Ryan Ruda | Comments Off on NJ Congressional Delegation Joins Smith’s Fight For Braeden Bradforth
WASHINGTON — All 12 of New Jersey’s U.S. House members called Friday for congressional hearings on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s response to allegations of fraud in payouts to Hurricane Sandy victims. The members asked the House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman to convene a hearing to look at how FEMA handled charges that insurance companies… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: April 18th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Chris Smith, Congress, FEMA, Hurricane Sandy, Superstorm Sandy | Tags: Congressman Chris Smith, Congressman Tom MacArthur, FEMA, Fraud, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, NJ Congressional Delegation | Comments Off on N.J. delegation seeks congressional hearings on FEMA payments to Hurricane Sandy victims
Shore Blvd, Keansburg Oct. 30, 2012
TRENTON — The Federal Emergency Management Agency should stop demanding that Hurricane Sandy victims pay back money they mistakenly received from the government, members of the New Jersey congressional delegation said in a letter released today. Both U.S. senators and 10 of the state’s 12 U.S. representatives signed a letter to FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate asking… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: December 17th, 2014 | Author: admin | Filed under: Bob Menendez, Chris Smith, Congress, Cory Booker, FEMA, Frank Pallone, Hurricane Sandy, Superstorm Sandy | Tags: Bob Mendendez, Chris Smith, Cory Booker, Craig Fugate, FEMA, Frank Pallone, Hurricane Sandy, NJ Congressional Delegation, Superstorm Sandy | Comments Off on N.J. lawmakers to FEMA: Stop demanding Sandy victims give back government overpayments
