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911 Hang-Up Brings SWAT Team To Tenafly Neighborhood 911 Hang-Up Brings SWAT Team To Tenafly Neighborhood
911 Hang-Up Brings SWAT Team To Tenafly Neighborhood Police in Tenafly had no idea what they were dealing with after receiving a hang-up 911 call from a local home around 9 p.m. Friday. When the emergency operator didn't get a response to a callback, police went to the Day Avenue home off Knickerbocker Road to check. The officers could see and hear people moving inside, so they knocked on the door, Police Chief Robert Chamberlain said. There was no answer, he said. Police repeatedly called the home and used their public address system asking to speak with the occupants to check on their welfare, the chief said. After 90 minutes or so witho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HEROES: Tenafly Firefighters Rescue Contractor Who Broke Ankle In Roof Ladder Fall HEROES: Tenafly Firefighters Rescue Contractor Who Broke Ankle In Roof Ladder Fall
Heroes: Tenafly Firefighters Rescue Contractor Who Broke Ankle In Roof Ladder Fall Tenafly firefighters rescued a contractor who broke his ankle when he fell from a ladder Tuesday afternoon while working on a roof. The 59-year-old contractor fell from one  level of the roof to another at a Woodland Park Drive home shortly after 3 p.m., Police Chief Robert Chamberlain said. Firefighters climbed up and lowered the victim down in a Stokes basket, assisted by police, Chamberlain said. The Tenafly Volunteer Ambulance Corps took him to Hackensack University Medical Center for treatment, the chief said.

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by Jerry DeMarco