Lehigh Acres school raises funds for student's surgery

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. Students at Veterans Park Academy raised $3,500 for their fellow student with serious heart defects.

Sixth-grader Ryan Crespi had been dealing with serious heart defects since he was five years old.

Crespi is scheduled to have open heart surgery April 3.

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