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Officer Hailed As Hero For Saving Life Of Man Visiting Fairfield County
An Ecuadorian man visiting the Fairfield County area is alive and well following a medical emergency thanks to the actions of a Stamford police officer.
Pablo Campoverde, 24, of Cuenca, Ecuador, arrived in Stamford on Aug. 20, to visit with an uncle on Horton Street.
But around 1:40 a.m. Aug. 21, Campoverde, who doesn't have medical issues or drink or do drugs, stopped breathing, according to Stamford Police.
Family members frantically called 911 and in under a minute, Stamford Police officer Michael Costello, a 23-year department veteran, arrived and began administering chest compression…