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CBS News
5 hours ago
- General
- CBS News
Long Island man whose nose was bitten off sees incredible transformation thanks to 3D-printed replica
A Long Island man is sharing his incredible transformation after his nose was bitten off in a fight. He says he was coming to the rescue of a stranger when the unthinkable happened. "He just bit my nose off" Tyson Carter says he was at a Brentwood bus stop back in January when he witnessed a young woman being badgered by two men trying to lure her into a car. "After a few minutes, I finally just piped up and was like, 'You know, you're making her feel uncomfortable,'" Carter said. A fight erupted. "He was like on top of me, and at some point, he just ... bit my nose off," Carter said. "My heart just dropped," mother June Carter said. His mother feared he could not recover with three-quarters of his nose gone. "Just because someone spoke up, that was way beyond horrible, horrific what they did to my son," she said. Suffolk County Police say all three people involved in the dispute declined to press charges and did not cooperate with the police investigation. "He's like the Michael Jordan of reconstruction" Months later, Tyson Carter has seen life-changing results thanks to an old technique perfected with modern technology by surgeons at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. "The idea is to take the piece of skin from the forehead and flip it to the nose," Dr. Laurent Ganry said. Then, a 3D printer recreated the nose with clay to provide a template for refining the skin in surgeries three weeks apart. Tyson Carter's rebuilt nose is nearly an exact replica. A Long Island man is sharing his incredible transformation after his nose was bitten off in a fight. CBS News New York "It's not an incredible case for what we do every day, but the results is quite, quite incredible," Ganry said. "He's like the Michael Jordan of reconstruction," Tyson Carter said. "People who haven't seen me for a while ... they really can't tell." "I am amazed at how well his nose looks and how some of the scarring has faded," June Carter said. Now able to wear glasses again, Tyson Carter faces one last surgery to help him breathe, but he says what matters most is breathing easier about the woman he stood up for. "The important thing is she's safe," he said. Tyson Carter hasn't been able to work between all the surgeries, but when he does return, he won't be returning to the bus stop. His mother says she will drive him wherever he needs to go.
LBCI
6 hours ago
- Business
- LBCI
Lebanese finance minister, World Bank discuss launch of Lebanon reconstruction fund
Finance Minister Yassine Jaber held a meeting with Jean-Christophe Carret, World Bank Country Director for the Middle East Department, and his accompanying delegation to discuss preparations for launching the Lebanon Emergency Assistance Project (LEAP), a reconstruction initiative. Under LEAP, the World Bank will establish a dedicated fund to attract donations to support Lebanon's recovery. Jaber said the meeting focused on technical and legal frameworks to ensure transparency and build donor confidence in the fund's governance and use of resources. He announced plans to invite ambassadors and representatives from international and Arab financial institutions to a meeting in Beirut by June 10 to formally present the project. Jaber expressed optimism about LEAP's momentum, noting growing international trust in Lebanon's leadership following recent legislative and governmental reforms. He added that upcoming meetings will intensify and involve all relevant local and international actors to ensure coordinated implementation.
Asharq Al-Awsat
12 hours ago
- Business
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Yes, Compare Syria with Lebanon!
For fourteen years, the people of Syria waged a struggle to topple the criminal Bashar al-Assad, defeat Iran and its proxies (foremost among them Hezbollah), and break Russia's link with Assad. They have been on the receiving end of Israeli strikes both before and after Assad's fall. The new Syrian administration led by President Ahmed al-Sharaa has not given Israel a pretext for these assaults. Seven hundred strikes have hit the country over his five-month tenure regardless; the gravest of these strikes hit a site near the palace where Sharaa resides. The US and EU sanctions on Syria, which had originally been imposed to rescue them from Assad's crimes, have caused immense suffering in Syria. Now, these sanctions are impeding the reconstruction of Syria after the war. How have Syrians reacted under Sharaa? Did they roam the globe begging for support? No! Did they weep and complain? No! Did they give in to hysteria, deciding to confront Israel or retaliate to the provocations of Hezbollah and other actors in Lebanon or Iraq? Again, no! Instead, Syrians are determined to behave sensibly, even as skeptics piled up and many were prepared to give Assad opportunity after opportunity despite his record of treating politics like a game of deception. Sharaa understood that Saudi Arabia is the region's gateway to the world and that proactive engagement with his neighbors is a necessity, not a luxury. He managed his country's relationship with Türkiye carefully. While some said that he had limited options, he maintained his composure, avoided escalation in response to Israel's attacks, and never forgot Syria's realities. He ignored provocations, avoided nationalist or Islamist bravado, and refused to inflame the passions of people with the kind of hollow rhetoric peddled by Assad, Hezbollah, and their backers. He candidly stressed that war-torn Syria needs reconstruction, insisting that he seeks partnership and investment, not hand-outs. Accordingly, he prioritized lifting American and European sanctions and resetting Syrian-American relations. He succeeded, through Saudi mediation. President Donald Trump announced that sanctions would be lifted because Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman asked him to. Today, reliable sources have reported that Syria and Israel are holding direct talks to curb Israeli attacks, which have already been scaled back since Trump met Sharaa in Riyadh, without any fanfare or propaganda. The domestic and foreign spoilers notwithstanding, Sharaa has begun to put Syria's house in order. The wheels of recovery have begun turning. Here the reader may now be asking: 'What about Lebanon?' That is precisely the point! Lebanon is in a hole, and it is still digging. The Lebanese political class continues to favor 'round-table compromises,' soliciting outside help and Arab engagement to help it succeed. Yet, it cannot decide whether arms should be monopolized by the state or if the state can be hijacked by those weapons. President Mahmoud Abbas agrees that no Palestinian non-state actors can maintain their arms, but Hezbollah insists that its arsenal is above the authority of the state, ostensibly 'for the sake of Palestine.' Lebanon claims to seek reconstruction, but drags its feet on imposing the state's supremacy. The comparison could go on and on. However, the question is simple: Does Lebanon want to build a state or merely maintain the remnants of a state? The answer will come from Lebanon. No one will squander time, effort, and money saving a country that will not save itself.
Al Arabiya
a day ago
- Business
- Al Arabiya
Syrian president tells country reconstruction effort has ‘just begun'
Syria 's president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, said in a speech on Tuesday that the country's post-war reconstruction had 'just begun,' calling on his people to unite. Al-Sharaa was speaking at the 'Aleppo, Key to Victory' event in said city, the first major population center to fall during the opposition offensive that toppled longtime Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad in December. Pictures of fighters killed in the battle for Aleppo were shown on screens prior to al-Sharaa's speech. 'O great Syrian people, the battle of construction has just begun,' Sharaa said to a jubilant crowd. 'Let us all unite and seek the help of God to create a bright future for a venerable country and a deserving people,' he added. Syria's 14-year civil war killed over half a million people and left the country in desperate need of reconstruction. Western sanctions imposed on al-Assad were recently lifted, paving the way for a potential recovery. Addressing the Syrian people, al-Sharaa said they 'let us seize the available opportunity and take on this duty.' 'Let our slogan be as we raised it before, we do not rest and we do not relax until we rebuild Syria anew and boast about it to the entire world,' he said.
LBCI
2 days ago
- Business
- LBCI
Culture Minister at Arab Media Summit: Rebuilding Syria and Gaza benefits Lebanon, and vice versa
At the Arab Media Summit, Culture Minister Ghassan Salame emphasized that Lebanon is no longer the sole focus of reconstruction efforts; instead, the entire Near East is in urgent need of rebuilding. He stressed the importance of cooperation rather than competition among countries seeking foreign aid, highlighting that the recovery of Syria and Gaza directly benefits Lebanon and vice versa.
