European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 28, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 9 2nd brother slain while aiding others new York a Christina vac Carino always taught her children to be kind and help people in need. They Learned the lesson perhaps too Well. Attempts to help others have Cost two of her sons their lives. Vaccarino buried one son Edward 11 years ago after he was knifed trying to Stop a Street robbery. She relived the tragedy last week when another son Glenn Iscoe was shot to death trying to break up a Bagel store Holdup. -. I blame myself for my son s death Vaccarino said thursday at her Home in Queens Borough. In Bur family whether you know a person or not you help them out when they re in need. That s a lesson i be taught my  i know he was listening to my words when he went to help those people she said her voice choked with sorrow. Maybe he d be alive today if i had t taught him  Iscoe 35, was taking a break from driving his livery cab Early aug. 19 and stopped for Coffee at the Bagel shop. As he waited in line a Skinny nervous Man in front of him pulled out a gun and announced a robbery pointing the gun at the two employees behind the counter police said. Hurry up hurry up or somebody s going to get killed the Rob Ber shouted As the employees began put Ting Cash into a paper bag. Videotape from a store surveillance camera released by police graphically captured Iscoe lunging at the robber and trying to Knock the gun from his hand. He missed and when he lunged a Sec Ond time the suspect fired once into is Coe s left Temple. The robber then coolly collected his Booty $178 in Cash and Iscoe s Wallet and left. He had not been caught by thursday evening. I can t help but think he d be alive today if he did t try to help said John Depalo manager of the Bagel shop. He made the ultimate sacrifice to save some  the employees were not injured. Police have Long warned citizen s about the dangers of trying to Stop a crime. People get  Day said it Louis p. Gnotta who is heading the investigation. Ninety nine percent of them give it property Over. Here s a Guy who took it upon himself to try and Stop a crime. He tried to do the right thing but it did t turn put  Iscoe s younger brother also died trying to be a Good Samaritan. The off duty 23-year-old correction officer interceded in a Street Rob Bery outside a Queens movie theater in 1983 and was stabbed to death. You have no Choice but to keep going Vaccarino said of losing two sons so violently. She has two other children Gary 32, a lawyer from West Palm Beach fla., and Kelly 24, also of Queens. She tells a Story that epitomizes Iscoe he was driving a Young woman in his cab to meet her Boyfriend at a Street Corner. Instead of dropping her off in the dark of night he waited with her. When the Boyfriend failed to show up and the girl had nowhere to go Iscoe brought her to his Mother s Home. The next morning Vaccarino chided the Young woman for coming Home with a stranger saying he could have beaten you up or brought you someplace  but the girl told her i could Tell from his face and the look in his eyes that he was a wonderful person. And i knew everything was going to be  hispanics found to have highest rate for Down s Atlanta Fapio the rate of we re not sure what s Caus a the f . Infants born with Down s syn drome is highest among hispanics and lowest among Blacks officials said thursday. The researchers were surprised by the racial disparities because previous studies did t indicate such differences for the congenital condition said Joe Lary an epidemiologist for the Federal centers for disease control and prevention. The condition is characterized by mental deficiency a Broad face and slanting eyes. The Agency looked at 7.8 million births in 17 states from 1983 through 1990. The prevalence Over seven years was 9.2 cases per 10,000 infants. For hispanics it was 11.8, for Whites 9.2 and for Blacks 7.3. The. Analysis did t look at other races or ethnic groups. We r causing it Lary said. Either we or somebody is going to have to look at  Low rate for Black infants May be caused in part by under reporting and in part by the Large number of teen age mothers among Blacks he said. Down s syndrome is known to become More common As the age of the Mother increases. The latest study found the same trend. " the rates for Black infants with mothers younger than. 35 were significantly lower than those for White infants while the rate for both groups was similar for mothers 35 or older. The rates for hispanic infants were much higher than those for White or Black infants in All maternal age groups except for Ages 25-29, where the hispanic rate was similar to that for Whites. 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