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Heroes Who Smashed Windows To Save Edgewater Girls From Fire Honored Heroes Who Smashed Windows To Save Edgewater Girls From Fire Honored
Heroes Who Smashed Windows To Save Edgewater Girls From Fire Honored An Edgewater business owner and police officer will be honored Wednesday during a Bergen County Freeholder's work session for smashing for saving the lives of two girls in a ravaging second-floor fire last week. Tony Nehmi, who owns Wine & Spirits, said he saw panic on the faces of girls in the window of Pro Arts Academy Dance Studio on the second floor of the River Road building, NJ.com reports. Without hesitation, he and Sgt. James Dalton grabbed a ladder and climbed up to the window, smashing it to free two girls as others jumped from a fire escape. “We couldn’t do it quick enough,”…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Children Jump From Fire Escape In Fast-Moving Edgewater Blaze Children Jump From Fire Escape In Fast-Moving Edgewater Blaze
Children Jump From Fire Escape In Fast-Moving Edgewater Blaze EDGEWATER, N.J. -- Flames roared at their backs as some children jumped and others were rescued from a second-floor fire escape Monday night during a roaring blaze that blew through an Edgewater building. A group of men with ladders rushed to help get the girls and an adult out of the second-floor Pro Arts Academy Dance Studio on River Road while other youngsters jumped into their arms or fell to the ground, video shows. The children were coming down a ladder when it suddenly slipped and fell, forcing others to jump as the blaze drew closer. Five people were hospitalized with injuries that…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Children Jump From Fire Escape In Fast-Moving Edgewater Blaze UPDATE: Children Jump From Fire Escape In Fast-Moving Edgewater Blaze
Update: Children Jump From Fire Escape In Fast-Moving Edgewater Blaze EDGEWATER, N.J. -- Flames roared at their backs as some children jumped and others were rescued from a second-floor fire escape Monday night during a roaring blaze that blew through an Edgewater building. A group of men with ladders rushed to help get the girls and an adult out of the second-floor Pro Arts Academy Dance Studio on River Road while other youngsters jumped into their arms or fell to the ground, video shows. The children were coming down a ladder when it suddenly slipped and fell, forcing others to jump as the blaze drew closer. Five people were hospitalized with injuries that…

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by Jerry DeMarco