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Miracle On The Turnpike: Passing Bergen Fire Veterans Rescue Young Child Having Seizure Miracle On The Turnpike: Passing Bergen Fire Veterans Rescue Young Child Having Seizure
Miracle On The Turnpike: Passing Bergen Fire Veterans Rescue Young Child Having Seizure HEROES: A seizure suffered by an epileptic child on a jammed New Jersey Turnpike had her stranded mom praying for a pre-Christmas miracle. Sure enough, she got one. Vanessa Senquis of Bayonne was taking her 4-year-old daughter Leilani to Hackensack University Medical Center after she’d fallen down some steps and cut her forehead. The unconscious child was in serious peril during the medical episode as her terrified mother shouted to a 911 dispatcher: “I need help! I need help!” Seemingly out of nowhere, Hasbrouck Heights Fire Chief Michael Greco was next to her in his chief’s truck. S…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Mercer County Firefighters Rescue Autistic Child From Storm Drain, Reports Say Mercer County Firefighters Rescue Autistic Child From Storm Drain, Reports Say
Mercer County Firefighters Rescue Autistic Child From Storm Drain, Reports Say Police, firefighters and EMS crews responded to a report of a child in a storm drain, authorities said.  First responders from several towns in Mercer County were called about 5 p.m. Tuesday to 24 Point Court in Lawrence Township, reports said. An unconfirmed report said the missing child was an autistic girl about 9 years old. A robotic camera from Hamilton Township was being used to assist in a search about 15 feet from the surface of the drain, reports said.  By 5:30 p.m., the unidentified victim had been removed from the drain, reports said, but her condition was unknown. C…

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by Jon Craig
News
VIDEO: Atlantic City Police, Good Samaritans Rescue Stranded Swimmers From Ocean VIDEO: Atlantic City Police, Good Samaritans Rescue Stranded Swimmers From Ocean
Video: Atlantic City Police, Good Samaritans Rescue Stranded Swimmers From Ocean In separate incidents this week, Good Samaritans and first responders  have rescued numerous children from drowning along the Jersey Shore, authorities said. Atlantic City police posted video footage of one of the rescues here on Facebook.  At 5 p.m. on Friday, Tourism District Unit officers responded to the Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard beach for reports of several young swimmers in the ocean in distress.  As police officers arrived, all of the children had been rescued from the water.  Dijon Brooks, joined by two other Good Samaritans, entered the ocean and rescue…

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by Jon Craig