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Caitlin Ann Boyle Memorial Bike Ride honors teen who died
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Eilleen Boyle just wishes she had known better when her daughter Caitlin called from her college dorm room one night, complaining of severe head and body aches.
Boyle, a registered nurse, knew it sounded like meningitis, but Caitlin, a junior at Marist College, had been vaccinated.
“If I knew you could still get meningitis after the vaccine I would have been up there in two hours,” said...