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Dr. Oz Helps Port Authority PD Resuscitate Stricken Traveler At Newark Airport Dr. Oz Helps Port Authority PD Resuscitate Stricken Traveler At Newark Airport
Dr. Oz Helps Port Authority PD Resuscitate Stricken Traveler At Newark Airport Celebrity physician Dr. Oz helped Port Authority police resuscitate a stricken traveler at Newark Airport, authorities said. PAPD Officer Jeffrey Croissant saw the 60-year-old New Jersey man go down in the Terminal A baggage claim area shortly after 11 p.m. Monday, authority spokeswoman Lenis Valens said. He "looked like a tree falling," the officer said. Croissant rushed over and found the man wasn’t breathing and didn’t have a pulse, Valens said. The officer summoned backup, began CPR and was joined by Mehmet Oz, who’d just gotten off the flight and was at the carousel when he saw the c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HEROES: Port Authority Police Revive Stricken Construction Worker At LaGuardia HEROES: Port Authority Police Revive Stricken Construction Worker At LaGuardia
Heroes: Port Authority Police Revive Stricken Construction Worker At LaGuardia A group of Port Authority police officers revived a construction worker who suffered a medical episode at LaGuardia Airport. Officers Oliver Ramclam, Richard McCarthy, Tim Feeney, John Gimigliano and Dan Novelli responded to a call for aid at a construction site opposite Terminal D shortly after 6:30 a.m. Monday, Port Authority Spokeswoman Lenis Valen said. They found the 57-year-old unconscious worker with no pulse, Valens said. The officers conducted CPR and shocked him with a defibrillator, reviving him, she said. The worker was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was reported in stab…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HEROES: Lyndhurst Police Save Another Cardiac Victim HEROES: Lyndhurst Police Save Another Cardiac Victim
Heroes: Lyndhurst Police Save Another Cardiac Victim A 62-year-old Lyndhurst man lay lifeless on his front lawn Thursday night when a township police officer arrived and immediately began administering CPR. Officer Thomas McSweeney was the first responder at the Stuyvesant Avenue home, where he was quickly joined by Detectives Geoff Rejent and William Kapp. “Together they continued lifesaving measures and administered a shock from a defibrillator,” Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said Friday. “As a result of their efforts they were able to resuscitate him.” Lyndhurst EMTs Charles Robert Pelle and Kenan Tepeli continued to render aid to the vict…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HEROES: Port Authority Team Rescues Seizure Victim At Lincoln Tunnel HEROES: Port Authority Team Rescues Seizure Victim At Lincoln Tunnel
Heroes: Port Authority Team Rescues Seizure Victim At Lincoln Tunnel A worker had suddenly went into cardiac arrest on the roof of the Port Authority administration building at the Lincoln Tunnel when several heroes rushed to his rescue. Senior Tunnel and Bridge Agent Keith O'Halloran and Tunnel and Bridge Agent David Brierty found him not breathing, with no pulse early Saturday. Three Port Authority police officers quickly joined in. The rescuers began CPR, then gave him two shocks from a defibrillator. Soon, he began breathing and regained a pulse. EMS took the worker to a local hospital, where doctors placed him in a medically-induced coma. All are ho…

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by Jerry DeMarco