Bomb Victim Home For Holidays

A 10-year-old girl burned by a package bomb that blew up in her face on Christmas Eve came home for a belated holiday celebration Sunday as police ruled out a potential lead in the case.

Jordan Reardon returned to her family’s home where she had opened the plain-wrapped package that was marked to “Mr. Reardon and family.” She was burned over 27 percent of her body and underwent minor plastic surgery at Westchester County Medical Center.

“The first thing Jordan wanted to do was come back and celebrate Christmas,” said Mark Marchand, a neighbor who is acting as a family spokesman. He added that Jordan was in “good spirits” and “physically feeling very well.”

Police also said Sunday that a raid at vacant home in nearby Troy, where a live pipe bomb was found on Christmas Eve, was not related to the bombing at the Reardon home in this community 15 miles north of Albany.