Irishman in coma after Bronx attack

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Barry McCormack, his wife Cheryl and their children

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On Monday night, July 26, McCormack was being weaned out of his medically induced coma. Doctors are waiting for the effects to fully wear off in order to determine the extent of damage.

McCormack’s father and sister flew out from Ireland last week to be at his bedside. This is a second tragedy to hit the McCormack family.

“Barry’s mother received brain damage after falling down the stairs and hitting her head off a phone table a number of years ago and spent 10 years like that until she died,” said Mark.

O’Shea went before a judge on Sunday, July 18 and was charged with assault three, a misdemeanor charge. He was released on $1,000 bail.

“This really annoys me,” said a disgruntled Mark, who is godfather to McCormack’s eldest son.

“He could have very well killed Barry and he gets a misdemeanor charge. It’s not on.”

Mark feels his cousin was just in the wrong place at the wrong time and O’Shea could have assaulted anyone that night.
“You just never know,” he said.

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