The Daily Numbers for Friday, Dec. 6

The Daily Numbers: 27 years, how long South African leader Nelson Mandela spent in prison.

95, age of the anti-apartheid icon who died yesterday.

1993, Mandela receives the Nobel Peace Prize along with F.W. deKlerk.

17 alleged drug dealers in 2 rival gangs busted yesterday in Operation My Block in Collingdale.

1 V-22 Osprey that emerged from the fog and landed yesterday at the Boeing plant along the river in Ridley Township yesterday.

17-34 years in prison for 1 of 3 teens accused in brutal abduction, rape of woman last Christmas Day.

19, age of Newtown Square man convicted in connection with firing shots into the home of his ex-girlfriend’s house.

8.1 million dollar gap in financing for Fair Acres, the county retirement home, in the county budget.

7.1 million dollar shortfall for 911 services.

780 dollars that came into the Merry Christmas Fund yesterday, filling Santa’s boot to the tune of $2,330. Remember we’re still a long way from our goal of “$60,000.

68 point dip for the stock market yesterday.

7-5 records for both the Eagles and Lions, who clash Sunday at the Linc.

79 game unbeaten streak that was snapped last year when the Chester Clippers lost in the state title game to Lower Merion, 63-47.

1, as in No. 1 for Archbishop Carroll in Matt Chandik’s first Boys Hoops Super 7 of the season.

1, the No. 1 spot for the girls from Cardinal O’Hara in Matt Smith’s first Super 7 of the girls’ hoops season.

1,125,000 dollars, how much the Phillies will pay Wil Nieves to be their backup catcher next year.

36, how old Nieves is. He should fit right in.

Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.

I’m getting ready to sit down and make my Saturday Eagles pick. This one strikes me as a tossup. Think Alex Henery, with 3 ticks left on the clock. Yeah, I know, it’s not a good feeling.

I Don’t Get It: The online commenters who tried to disparage Christian Massey really have no shame.

Today’s Upper: Kudos to all the workers at Boeing who got to see their work in action yesterday when a V-22 Osprey swooped in out of the fog and landed at the Ridley plant.

Quote Box: “We’ve lost a giant of a man, someone who cared so much about the freedom of others, he gave up his own freedom.”

- Pa. Rep. Thaddeus Kirkland, D-159, of Chester, on the death of Nelson Mandela.

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