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HUMC Surgeon, Lawyer, Teen Saved Morris County Deliveryman In Cardiac Arrest HUMC Surgeon, Lawyer, Teen Saved Morris County Deliveryman In Cardiac Arrest
Humc Surgeon, Lawyer, Teen Saved Morris County Deliveryman In Cardiac Arrest Three Good Samaritans who saved a 24-year-old unconscious driver in Morris County say they were in the right place at the right time. Christopher Caccavella, 17, of Roxbury, was on his way to class at the Morris County School of Technology in Denville Wednesday morning when he saw the driver in the SUV next to him collapsed on the steering wheel at the Route 10 jughandle across from the Pelican Center. The teen pulled over and dialed #77, connecting him with a Dangerous Driver System operator. At that moment, Denville attorney Matthew Troiano -- who formerly worked at the Morris Count…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Driver, 19, Unharmed After Car Rolls Off Mahwah Road Driver, 19, Unharmed After Car Rolls Off Mahwah Road
Driver, 19, Unharmed After Car Rolls Off Mahwah Road A 19-year-old driver escaped unharmed after her hatchback rolled off a Mahwah road early Friday evening. She was headed south on Ramapo Valley Road across from the old Carmel Retreat property when the 2005 Mazda 3 went off the road, Police Capt. Stuart Blank said. ****** HEROES: A 62-year-old warehouse manager at Mahwah's Center for Food Action site was in full cardiac arrest when a group of township police officers responded last July. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/mahwah/police-fire/mahwah-police-heroes-honored-for-reviving-center-for-food-action-manager-donate-defibrillator/749610/…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Mahwah Police Heroes Honored For Reviving Center For Food Action Manager, Donate Defibrillator Mahwah Police Heroes Honored For Reviving Center For Food Action Manager, Donate Defibrillator
Mahwah Police Heroes Honored For Reviving Center For Food Action Manager, Donate Defibrillator HEROES: A 62-year-old warehouse manager at Mahwah's Center for Food Action site was in full cardiac arrest when a group of township police officers responded last July. Using CPR and an automated external defibrillator, they kept Babar Khawaja of Ramsey alive. His pulse returned and he began breathing en route to the hospital, said Detective Michael Grassi, the president of Mahwah PBA Local #143. “B.K.,” as he’s called, made a full recovery and returned to work. He also posed for a photo Friday – along with his wife, Bushra, a CFA maintenance worker – as members of the PBA executive board…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Referee At Emerson Football Game Revived After Heart Attack Referee At Emerson Football Game Revived After Heart Attack
Referee At Emerson Football Game Revived After Heart Attack A referee who suffered a heart attack during an Emerson junior varsity football game on Monday was doing well after being resuscitated, officials said. The referee "went into cardiac arrest and collapsed onto the field," Schools Supt. Brian P. Gatens said in a message to parents and staff. "Athletic Director Gus Paleoudis, members of the Emerson Police Department, and community members in attendance responded immediately," Gatens said. "Using the district-supplied automated external defibrillator (AED), they were able to save the official's life." The referee …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Resident Critical In Clifton Garden Apartment Fire Resident Critical In Clifton Garden Apartment Fire
Resident Critical In Clifton Garden Apartment Fire A man was hospitalized in critical condition after suffering cardiac arrest during a Wednesday morning garden apartment fire in Clifton. Firefighters quickly doused the two-alarm blaze at the Sytertown Apartments on Market Street, which broke out around 7:40 a.m. Three apartments were affected. As with all fires involving serious injury or death, the Passaic County Prosecutor's Arson Squad was summoned. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
HEROES: Heart-Attack Victim, 13, Rescued By Teaneck Ambulance Corps HEROES: Heart-Attack Victim, 13, Rescued By Teaneck Ambulance Corps
Heroes: Heart-Attack Victim, 13, Rescued By Teaneck Ambulance Corps TEANECK, N.J. – After nearly two weeks in the hospital, a 13-year-old girl who was rescued by members of the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps after suffering a heart attack is ready to go home. Doctors said it was fortunate that relatives quickly noticed and called for help. Another stroke of luck: The family’s second-floor apartment is less than five blocks from TVAC's Windsor Road headquarters. Four EMTs were stationed there when the call came in at 10 p.m. March 8, TVAC Public Information Officer Larry Robertson said Wednesday. They got there in two minutes and were joined by two addi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
HEROES: Ramsey Police Officers Revive Heart Attack Victim HEROES: Ramsey Police Officers Revive Heart Attack Victim
Heroes: Ramsey Police Officers Revive Heart Attack Victim RAMSEY, N.J. – An engaged woman who had a heart attack at a friend’s home in Ramsey might not have seen her next birthday, much less her wedding, if not for two borough police officers who brought her back to life. After feeling chest pains, the Tampa woman suddenly passed out and was semi-conscious on the living-room floor of her friend’s Harlind Terrace home when Officer Matthew Rork found her just after 6 a.m. one day last fall. “I remember waking up with a severe chest pain early that morning and waking up my friend and fiancé,” the woman said of the Sept. 3 incident. They were about t…

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by Jerry DeMarco