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NJ Boy, 4, Found Unresponsive After Falling From Sixth Story Window NJ Boy, 4, Found Unresponsive After Falling From Sixth Story Window
NJ Boy, 4, Found Unresponsive After Falling From Sixth Story Window A 4-year-old boy who was found unresponsive after falling from sixth-story window in Newark was hospitalized Friday, authorities said. The incident occurred just before 2:20 p.m. from a building on Oxford Street near Raymond Boulevard, Newark Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara said. The child was transported to University Hospital for treatment and was reportedly in stable condition.  The New Jersey Department of Child Protection and Placement responded to the scene.  The incident is under investigation by the Newark Police Division Special Victims Unit.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Emotional Video Shows Newark Police Rescuing Suicidal Man Emotional Video Shows Newark Police Rescuing Suicidal Man
Emotional Video Shows Newark Police Rescuing Suicidal Man The moment Newark police rescued a man threatening to jump over a railing to his death at Riverfront Park was captured in an emotional video. A woman who saw the man flagged down officers in the area around Read Street near Raymond Boulevard shortly before 9:45 p.m. on Feb. 24, authorities said. The officers approached the man and tried to talk him into stepping down from the railing, the video shows. “They’re going to take my daughters away from me,” the man said when asked what was wrong. Additional officers arrived on the scene, and when the man was distracted, they quickly grabbed him…

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by Valerie Musson