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HEROES: Ingenuity, Teamwork Help Local NJ Officers Save OD Victim Trapped In Hotel Bathroom HEROES: Ingenuity, Teamwork Help Local NJ Officers Save OD Victim Trapped In Hotel Bathroom
Heroes: Ingenuity, Teamwork Help Local NJ Officers Save OD Victim Trapped In Hotel Bathroom An overdosing heroin user was blacked out and gasping when Elmwood Park police were called to a Route 46 hotel. Unfortunately, the 32-year-old overdose victim was wedged between the bathroom door and toilet, making it impossible for them to get to him, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Time, meanwhile, was ticking. The walls at the Red Carpet Inn are made of sheetrock, the chief said, so Lt. Robert Centkowski fetched some breaching tools. First he cut a hole in the wall big enough for Officer Anthony Ingraffia to reach in and administer two doses of Narcan, Foligno said. The lieutenant …

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by Jerry DeMarco