Current Events
In January 2008, Port Allegany School District made national headlines when their school nurse died due to injuries suffered after a roadside bomb exploded on him, while he was serving his country in Afghanistan. Lieutenant Colonel Richard Berrettini died at the age of 52 after voluntarily leaving his post at the Port Allegany High School in the winter of 2007. Berrettini was a medical officer who was critically injured when his humvee was struck by an IED. After the military flew him to a Texas hospital, he died from his injuries. This occurred days before he was to be returning to his post with the Port Allegany School District.
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