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Path of destruction

10.09.16

Weakened Hurricane Matthew lashes Georgia, the Carolinas. 1B, 5B

Alexander Romanow, a Brick native, died in

August in a car accident in Vermont after he
fell asleep at the wheel. His wife survived and
the family now advocates for greater
awareness of the dangers of driving while
drowsy.

CHRISTIE URGED Fathers

dying
words save
injured
TO DUMP TRUMP mom
in fiery crash
KATIE PARK @KATHSPARK

WEATHERSFIELD, Vermont - His legs, rib cage

and jaw were broken, the car was dangerously hot, and
his wife was pleading with him to get out.
Alexander Romanow turned to his wife, Jane, who
was petrified with fear and pain in the front passenger
seat on Interstate 91 in Weathersfield. She had been
napping until she had been jolted awake when their car,
a 2006 Chevrolet Tahoe, veered off into the median,
struck several trees head-on and slipped down a 10-foot
decline. Their dog, Buddy, was in the backseat. Police
believe Alexander fell asleep at the wheel around 9:30
a.m.
I love you, Alexander, 79, a Brick native and founder of Als Auto Care, said to her. Please get out of the
car.
Jane, 75, wasnt letting go so easily. She insisted he
get out, too.
I cant, Alexander said. The steering wheel and
mangled dashboard pushed down on his broken legs
and pinned him to the seat. You get out. You have to get
out. He told her he loved her again and again.
They were the last words he told his wife.
But it wont be the last message Alexander Romanow gives. His son, Chris Romanow ,is going public
See CRASH, Page 8A

GETTY IMAGES

Donald Trump greets supporters outside of Trump Towers in Manhattan on Saturday. The Trump campaign has faced
numerous calls for him to step aside after a recording from 2005 revealed lewd comments Trump made about women.

Christies elite
cadre of soldiers
may now become
witnesses at trial

Chorus grows louder for

governor to end his role
in tarnished campaign
SUSANNE CERVENKA @SCERVENKA
AND ERIC LARSEN @ERIK_LARSEN

At the insistence of his wife, Daniel Leonard pulled

the Donald Trump campaign sign out of his lawn on Saturday.
The 40-year-old Army combat veteran from Beachwood, who is running for a seat on the Toms River Regional Board of Education this November, quipped that
he was trying to maintain the peace under his roof.
Hes still backing the Republican nominee for president; not so his wife, Michelle Leonard, 40. She called
Trumps crude, caught-on-tape comments the straw
that broke the camels back.
The mother of two teenage daughters ages 17 and
15 said Trumps remarks were reprehensible. He
wont be getting her vote.
Similar denouncements rained down on the GOP
nominee following the release Friday of a 2005 recording that captured Trump in all his glory. Harsh criticisms came from ordinary citizens, Democrats, and
even some top Republican leaders, including Sen. John
McCain, R-Arizona, who withdrew his Trump support.
See TRUMP, Page 2A

CHARLES STILE
POLITICAL STILE

throughout the day for the latest

Corruption-buster Chris Christie

arrived in Trenton in 2010 with his own
elite force tough, straight-arrow
federal prosecutors he trusted to follow
orders and keep a low profile.
This was the team that helped Christie build a sterling rsum during his
reign as United States attorney. Now,
they became the nucleus of his new administration,
tasked to help carry out his shock and awe in a State
House calcified by corruption and special-interest
power.
When I want to get something done, I usually get
it done, Christie said at the time. People who have
worked with me know that when I look at them and
say something, that I really mean it.

campaign developments.

See STILE, Page 9A

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Gov. Chris Christie arrives at Trump Tower in New York on

Saturday. Phil Murphy, running as a Democrat for governor,
has called on Christie to resign from the Trump campaign.

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More fallout from

Trumps sexual banter
While the GOP nominee prepares for todays debate and
his apology is on Facebook, some supporters suggest he
should withdraw from the campaign. 1B and 4B

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