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Big-Hearted Bergen County Sheriff's Officer Dies Suddenly
“A big man with an even bigger heart” is how a colleague described former Bergen County Sheriff’s Officer Scott Emerson, who died suddenly this weekend.
Emerson, 34, of Fair Lawn, “wasn’t feeling well, and they called an ambulance," another colleague said Sunday.
The 8-year department veteran may have suffered an infection following recent surgery, friends said.
He hung on throughout the day Saturday -- as family, friends and colleagues gathered at the hospital -- before he passed away, one said.
"They brought him back several times," the friend said. "Then they couldn't. He went on his o…
