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Boca Raton breaks ground on the city’s first fully accessible playground at Patch Reef Park

Jordan Ogman and his parents David and Stacey take part in the groundbreaking on a fully accessible Pirates Cove Playground at Patch Reef Park in Boca Raton on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. Jordan, 9, has a rare fatal genetic condition that makes enjoying normal playgrounds difficult and dangerous. Boca Raton city officials are responding by transforming Pirates Cove Playground to become completely ADA accessible with a perimeter fence, colorful rubbery turf rather than mulch, a ramp, benches and more. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Jordan Ogman and his parents David and Stacey take part in the groundbreaking on a fully accessible Pirates Cove Playground at Patch Reef Park in Boca Raton on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. Jordan, 9, has a rare fatal genetic condition that makes enjoying normal playgrounds difficult and dangerous. Boca Raton city officials are responding by transforming Pirates Cove Playground to become completely ADA accessible with a perimeter fence, colorful rubbery turf rather than mulch, a ramp, benches and more. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel reporter. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel)
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Pirates Cove Playground in Boca Raton is getting redesigned after David and Stacey Ogman asked city officials for a completely accessible playground for kids like their son, Jordan, who has a rare fatal genetic condition that affects speech and talking and makes normal playgrounds hazardous.

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