Barry Fragale: Latest News

PHILADELPHIA - A local man faces a long road to recovery after he was badly injured in a boogie boarding accident while vacationing on the Delaware beach. Barry Fragale, a husband and father of two, said he was on a boogie board in the water off Bethany Beach when a wave came crashing down on top of him. "I never should have done it," Barry told FOX 29's Dawn Timmeny. "I heard my neck snap, and I never lost consciousness."Barry's 13-year-old daughter was in the water when the freak accident happened and his wife was on the beach. "Him laying on the sand with all the lifeguards around him is a picture, I don't think any of us are going to forget," Barry's wife Monica Fragale said.MORE LOCAL HEADLINESBarry was airlifted to Christiana Hospital where he underwent two surgeries and remains hospitalized over two weeks later. Barry's road to recovery is long, but he said he's starting to get feeling and movement back little-by-little. Along with his brother, Mike, Barry is the part-owner of Fragale's barber shop in Kennett Square."I still wake up every day and come in, I'm thinking this is gonna go away, and I open the door and he's not here," Mike said.

CHESTER COUNTY, Pa. - Chester County moved to the green phase last Friday as Philadelphia officials put a pause on some reopening plans after failing to reach target coronavirus case counts.The Fragale Brothers Barber Shop in Kennett Square has been open since 1899, and there, customers can get a haircut in an original, porcelain barber chair. “[We’ve] been through the Spanish Flu, Great Depression, WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam,” said Barry Fragale. Owners Barry and Mike Fragale, who are generational owners, say they now consider COVID-19 to be on their list of horrific events.Fragale: No I was not-not worried. It’s a strong barber shop with a strong customer base.

CHESTER COUNTY, Pa. - Chester County moved to the green phase last Friday as Philadelphia officials put a pause on some reopening plans after failing to reach target coronavirus case counts.The Fragale Brothers Barber Shop in Kennett Square has been open since 1899, and there, customers can get a haircut in an original, porcelain barber chair. “[We’ve] been through the Spanish Flu, Great Depression, WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam,” said Barry Fragale. Owners Barry and Mike Fragale, who are generational owners, say they now consider COVID-19 to be on their list of horrific events.Fragale: No I was not-not worried. It’s a strong barber shop with a strong customer base.