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Massive Birthday Drive-By For Fallen Rockland Firefighter's Son Includes NJ Colleagues Massive Birthday Drive-By For Fallen Rockland Firefighter's Son Includes NJ Colleagues
Massive Birthday Drive-By For Fallen Rockland Firefighter's Son Includes NJ Colleagues VIDEO: Several New Jersey fire departments joined a massive drive-by for the sixth birthday of a heartbroken boy whose hero firefighter dad died in a nursing home blaze in Rockland County. Fire trucks, SUVs and other police, firefighter and EMS vehicles participated in the nearly 40-minute procession in Nanuet early Wednesday evening for the son of Spring Valley Firefighter Jared Lloyd. Lloyd, 35, was on the third floor of the Evergreen Court Home for Adults when it collapsed on Tuesday. His body was recovered on his boy's birthday on Wednesday, authorities said. Firefighters from a numbe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
Bergenfield Family Whose House Burned Down Comprised Of Nurses, Teachers Bergenfield Family Whose House Burned Down Comprised Of Nurses, Teachers
Bergenfield Family Whose House Burned Down Comprised Of Nurses, Teachers A family of nurses and grade school teachers in Bergenfield was displaced after a fired ravaged through its Bergen Avenue home. The occupants included mom Winnie Acosta, a registered nurse; her twin daughters, Jillian, also a nurse, and Janelle, a school teacher, and their poodle. All four made it out safely and uninjured. Winnie's son, Marky, is in Los Angeles pursuing a master’s degree in English. More than $3,700 had been raised for the family on a GoFundMe as of Saturday afternoon. CLICK HERE TO DONATE.

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by Cecilia Levine