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Support Surges for NJ Man, 24, Critically Injured Defending Friend From Knife-Wielding Ex Support Surges for NJ Man, 24, Critically Injured Defending Friend From Knife-Wielding Ex
Support Surges for NJ Man, 24, Critically Injured Defending Friend From Knife-Wielding Ex Support is surging for a 24-year-old New Jersey man who was critically injured defending his friend from a cold and calculated knife attack by a vengeful ex. Bridgewater's Kelvin Lee, 24, woke up around 3 a.m. on Oct. 24 to someone choking him from above at an apartment on Main Street in Sayreville, according to Jeff Roscher, Lee’s uncle. Lee was then brutally attacked with a knife and sustained serious injuries, MyCentralJersey reports citing Sayreville Police Capt. Dan Plumacker. “All the tendons and nerves in his left arm were severed,” Roscher told Daily Voice. “He had a large cut…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
HEROES: Physician Assistant, Off-Duty Firefighter Rescue NJ Turnpike Driver Engulfed In Flames HEROES: Physician Assistant, Off-Duty Firefighter Rescue NJ Turnpike Driver Engulfed In Flames
Heroes: Physician Assistant, Off-Duty Firefighter Rescue NJ Turnpike Driver Engulfed In Flames A physician assistant and off-duty corrections officer were among several bystanders who sprung into action to help a truck driver whose body was engulfed in flames on the NJ Turnpike Monday afternoon. Daniel O'Beirne, a volunteer Wood-Ridge firefighter, was heading to work at as a corrections officer in Avenel when he saw the southbound tractor-trailer cab in front of him hit a sign pole then burst into flames, around 1:15 p.m., in Linden. O'Beirne pulled over, jumped out of his car and ran over to help the truck driver -- who he said was standing on the running boards of his truck, engulf…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
HERO: Park Ranger Carries Dehydrated Dog To Safety Down Treacherous Water Gap Mountain HERO: Park Ranger Carries Dehydrated Dog To Safety Down Treacherous Water Gap Mountain
Hero: Park Ranger Carries Dehydrated Dog To Safety Down Treacherous Water Gap Mountain Supervisory Park Ranger Kris Salapek wasn’t about to leave a worried owner and his dehydrated dog alone on a mountain at the Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area. Lexie Daniel of Randolph said she and fellow hikers on Mount Tammany in Warren County gave their water to the owner, “but we were afraid that would be little help with how much the dog was already struggling [in the intense heat].” Salapek then lifted the huge dog onto his shoulders and carried him down “an incredibly rocky hill all the way down to the stream – it was a LONG distance -- and laid him in the water as he kn…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
HEROES: Englewood Police, Firefighters, Dispatcher DPW Workers Save Lives HEROES: Englewood Police, Firefighters, Dispatcher DPW Workers Save Lives
Heroes: Englewood Police, Firefighters, Dispatcher DPW Workers Save Lives A police officer who was nearly killed when a gunman dragged him with a car, a trio of men in blue who revived a heart attack victim along with a group of firefighters who rescued a man overcome by freon fumes and two DPW workers who freed a trapped elderly driver are among several Englewood first responders recently honored for their heroism. Police Officer Anthony Gallo had stopped two upstate New York men in a car last year when the driver ran off. Gallo bolted after him while Officer Maciej Mlynaryk dealt with a front-seat passenger -- who got into the driver’s seat and hit the gas. Ha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
WATCH: Newark Police Pull Suicidal 13-Year-Old From Fire Escape WATCH: Newark Police Pull Suicidal 13-Year-Old From Fire Escape
Watch: Newark Police Pull Suicidal 13-Year-Old From Fire Escape Two police officers from Newark are being hailed as heroes after they stopped a 13-year-old boy from jumping off  a third story fire escape at a treatment facility, police said.  “I commend Sgt. [Antonio] Barbosa and Officer [Shaquille] Johnson for taking the initiative to immediately devise a plan of action that saved this boy’s life,” Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said.  Preservation of a life is always our goal, but it’s clear that these officers exercised exceptional compassion and the care needed to ensure that this frightening scenario had a positive ending.” Newark Pub…

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by Paul Milo
Neighbors
Hero Civilians Aid Paramus Rollover Victim Hero Civilians Aid Paramus Rollover Victim
Hero Civilians Aid Paramus Rollover Victim PARAMUS, N.J. — Not all heroes wear uniforms: Three in Paramus on Monday morning sported winter coats, along with gashes on their fingertips. The trio of strangers -- William Tiernan, Paul Delmonico and U.S. Airman Darwin Polo -- were outside a 7-Eleven in an East Ridgewood Avenue strip mall across from the Fashion Center when Tiernen spotted a car across the roadway barreling through snowbanks just before 11:30 a.m. He called for help and ran toward the car. Delmonico and Polo, hearing his cries, saw the car speed down a hill, briefly go airborne and land in the parking lot behind the Fas…

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by Cecilia Levine