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HEROES: Upper Saddle River Responders Rescue Unresponsive Man, 58 HEROES: Upper Saddle River Responders Rescue Unresponsive Man, 58
Heroes: Upper Saddle River Responders Rescue Unresponsive Man, 58 UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. -- A 58-year-old Upper Saddle River man wasn't breathing and didn't have a pulse when borough police arrived at his home. Officers Kevin McWilliams and Colin Gurney began CPR and attached a defibrillator as ambulance corps members and paramedics responded, Detective Lt. Edward Kane said. The victim's pulse returned and he was rushed to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, the lieutenant said. He was back at work six weeks later. The grateful man and his family attended a recent borough council meeting, making powerful speeches thanking the emergency workers for thei…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
IS IT YOU? 'Mystery' EMT Revives Man At Teaneck Armory, Then Leaves IS IT YOU? 'Mystery' EMT Revives Man At Teaneck Armory, Then Leaves
IS IT YOU? 'Mystery' EMT Revives Man At Teaneck Armory, Then Leaves TEANECK, N.J. -- An off-duty EMT saved the life of a 50-year-old man whose heart stopped beating at the Teaneck Armory -- then left without receiving any credit or thanks. Members of the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps are hoping he'll see this story and contact them so they can offer their appreciation. Another bystander was on the phone with a 911 dispatcher just before midnight late Wednesday while the unknown EMT began CPR on the victim, who had no pulse and wasn't breathing, TVAC Public Information Officer Larry Robertson said. An off duty squad member arrived on scene along with Te…

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by Jerry DeMarco