{"id":357727,"date":"2024-01-05T20:25:16","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T21:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=357727"},"modified":"2024-01-05T22:01:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T22:01:35","slug":"jets-coach-robert-saleh-honors-memory-of-daughter-of-new-york-hs-football-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=357727","title":{"rendered":"Jets coach Robert Saleh honors memory of daughter of New York HS football coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York Jets coach Robert Saleh wore a St. Peter&#8217;s Boys High School hoodie when meeting the media on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The choice was a tribute to 6-year-old Rory, a daughter of the school&#8217;s football coach,\u00a0 Mark DeCristoforo, whose life was lost in a house fire earlier in the week on Staten Island, New York.<\/p>\n<p>Per the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/news\/2024\/01\/girl-6-who-died-in-staten-island-house-fire-was-daughter-of-beloved-hs-football-coach.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Staten Island Advance<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"3CYMAIFVMBGCTPR2VFVTMQ7RRU\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">About 60 firefighters and 12 units responded to the fire, which was reported at 5:38 p.m. at the family home at 110 Brookside Ave. The blaze was placed under control at 6:26 p.m., according to a spokesman for the FDNY\/EMS.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"InContent_Center_Background\">\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"InContent_Center_Padding\">The fire started on the second floor in a bedroom, Division 8 Deputy Chief Gregg Hansson told the Advance\/SILive.com.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMark and Meg, who have dedicated so much to their community, are now grappling with an immense loss that no family should ever have to endure,\u201d said the GoFundMe message. \u201cPrayers for the entire DeCristoforo family through the days, weeks, and years to come, and always remember Rory.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Coach Saleh extends condolences to the DeCristoforo family, who lost their daughter Rory this week.<\/p>\n<p>The entire Jets organization has the family in our thoughts and prayers. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bpK7S8e0iC\">pic.twitter.com\/bpK7S8e0iC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Jets (@nyjets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nyjets\/status\/1743306481917722848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Jets<\/a> coach Robert Saleh wore a St. Peter\u2019s HS hoodie today in honor of Rory DeCristoforo, the 6-year-old daughter of football coach Mark DeCristoforo.<\/p>\n<p>Rory died in a house fire on New Year\u2019s Day in Staten Island. <img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f64f-1f3fb.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffb\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RN01EZXev3\">pic.twitter.com\/RN01EZXev3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dennis Waszak Jr. (@DWAZ73) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DWAZ73\/status\/1743306633579561072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A GoFundMe has been set up to assist the family.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/house-fire-takes-the-life-of-a-7-year-old?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&amp;utm_medium=copy_link_all&amp;utm_source=customer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> It can be found here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Jets coach Robert Saleh wore a sweatshirt of a Staten Island high school in tribute to the daughter of St. Peter&#8217;s coach and AD Mark 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