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HEROES: Trees Fall On Englewood House With Heart Attack Victim Inside HEROES: Trees Fall On Englewood House With Heart Attack Victim Inside
Heroes: Trees Fall On Englewood House With Heart Attack Victim Inside Two trees fell on an Englewood home during Tuesday afternoon's storm, blocking responders' path to a resident who'd just suffered a heart attack, authorities said. Englewood Police Officer Matthew Depetro hopped a railing to get inside the East Linden Avenue carriage house, where he found the unconscious 50-year-old victim shortly before 2:30 p.m., Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. The officer immediately began manual rescue breaths, Halstead said. Following Depetro moments later were city firefighters, who used a chain saw to remove what branches they could from a tree that was l…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Door Dash Driver Swept Through Underground Tunnel Into Passaic River During Storm UPDATE: Door Dash Driver Swept Through Underground Tunnel Into Passaic River During Storm
Update: Door Dash Driver Swept Through Underground Tunnel Into Passaic River During Storm A Door Dash driver survived after she and her car were swept through a blocks-long underground tunnel and into the Passaic River during Monday's storm, city police said. Nathalia Bruno, 24, of Newark told police she was delivering food when her car got caught in a flash flood near the Benson Avenue tennis courts. She said she “was then dragged by a current of water and she could see it heading towards a tunnel." Bruno told police she bailed out but was pulled underground along with her car. The tide carried her and the car several blocks below ground, then under Route 21 toward the B…

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by Jerry DeMarco