Morgan McCracken

Listen to news and other material from CBS Radio News Visit newsnetwork GRN announces partnership with a24 GRN is pleased to announce that to widen the scope and diversity of reporters available through GRN , we are now collaborating with the Los Angeles Times and can offer their correspondents for radio and TV two-ways. To read all Los Angeles Times current coverage or archived stories, please visit www.latimes.com . Additional company information can also be found at  www.latimes.com/mediacenter .   "GRN CEO Henry Peirse was recently awarded with a place on the 2009 Courvoisier Future 500 list of innovative business brains and creative talent ... Read Full Story

With Obama's steely determination to implement universal healthcare, this issue is critical for all Americans to understand. The quality and degree of care that takes place in countries with socialized medicine IS NOT THE SAME as that which is enjoyed in the USA. Your life may depend on it. CANADACARE MAY HAVE KILLED NATASHA By CORY FRANKLIN March 26, 2009 -- COULD actress Natasha Richardson's tragic death have been prevented if her skiing accident had occurred in America rather than Canada? Canadian health care de-emphasizes widespread dissemination of technology like CT scanners and quick access to specialists like neurosurgeons. While all the facts of ... Read Full Story

Connie and Donald McCracken were watching CNN one evening last week when they learned of the tragic death of actress Natasha Richardson from a head injury. Immediately, their minds turned to their 7-year-old daughter, Morgan, who was upstairs getting ready for bed. Two days earlier, Morgan, her father, and brother had been playing baseball in the yard of their Mentor, Ohio, home when her father hit a line drive that landed just above Morgan’s left temple. A lump formed, but the McCrackens iced it down and the swelling subsided within an hour. “For the next two days, she was perfectly fine,” Donald McCracken says. ... Read Full Story

A little girl in Cleveland is alive due to the example set. Morgan McCracken, 7, is alive today due to her parents following the story of Natasha Richardson’s death.Parent Trap actress Richardson, 45, died after a traumatic brain injury she sustained after a skiing accident. Natasha is said to have originally refused medical attention, and only went to a hospital after experiencing pain several hours later.McCracken was hit in the head with a baseball at her home in Mentor, Ohio, and everything seemed to be fine initially.”For the next two days, she was perfectly fine,” her father Donald McCracken told CNN. “She had no ... Read Full Story

When Morgan McCracken took a baseball in her head last week, her parents checked her out, applied ice to treat the swelling, and looked out for her to make sure she was OK. Morgan McCracken (left) and Natasha Richardson (right) CNN Two days later, after news of Natasha Richardson's unlikely brain injury, ultimiately leading to her death, immediately made them worry for Morgan, who had been fine for two days. When Connie and Donald McCracken went upstairs to put Morgan to bed that evening, she complained of a mysterious headache, and they wasted no time in calling 911. "Because of Natasha, we called the ... Read Full Story