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: Firefighters From Rockland Rescue Palisades Hiker Above NJ Marina
Responders from Piermont rescued a stranded Fourth of July hiker from the Palisades above the Hudson River, authorities said. The 32-year-old Manhattan hiker was with a group who called Palisades Interstate Parkway police from the Giant Stairs in Alpine when he became lightheaded and had difficulty breathing shortly before noon Saturday, PIP Police Sgt. First Class Raymond Walter said. Piermont EMS members stabilized the man while members of the Marine Unit firefighters ran a line that they used to lower him to the Alpine Marina, with help from their colleagues from Nyack, Walter said. Pal…
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: Newark Police Officer Saves Stabbing Victim
“It’s gonna hurt a little,” a hero Newark police officer tells a stabbing victim as he applies a tourniquet that authorities said helped save the man's life. “While the nation is addressing the health emergency that the coronavirus has created, one officer proved himself to be both fearless and quick-thinking in saving this victim’s life,” Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said in a release. The officer's identity remained a mystery, however. So did the identity of his assailant, who police said fled the South 13th Street home after stabbing the victim when he inte…
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: Cliffside Police Officer Rescues Choking Woman, 86
It was a case of right place/right time when a woman came running into the street, screaming for help, as Cliffside Park Police Officers Steven Mantilla and Jason Pinzone passed a local school as part of their patrol. Moments later, Mantilla saved a 86-year-old Park Avenue homeowner who'd been choking on some food. Pinzone summoned additional units after the frantic 56-year-old home aide dashed into the street behind the No. 3 School last Thursday. He and Mantilla then ran inside the home, where they found the victim choking and gasping for air. Mantilla conducted the Hemlich manuever, di…
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: Port Authority Police Revive Heart Attack Victim, 73, At Newark Airport
A group of Port Authority police officers brought an unresponsive man back to life at Newark Airport. The 73-year-old victim's pulse had stopped when a TSA agent alerts Sgt. Anthony Giordano and Officers Steve Collegio, Jorge Fujita, Kyle Cherrick, Evangelos Mageros and Michael Raccioppi at a Terminal C checkpoint around 4 p.m. Tuesday, Port Authority Spokeswoman Lenis Rodrigues said. The officers used a defibrillator and conducted CPR, Rodrigues said. "After 15 minutes the man’s pulse returned and he began breathing," she said. He was taken to the nearest hospital for an evaluation.&nbs…
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Garfield Police Revive Unresponsive High School Soccer Player, 14
A 14-year-old Garfield High School student who collapsed during soccer practice was revived by police. Responding to Wednesday’s 3:54 p.m. call, Officer Daniel Pozo “conducted an initial assessment and determined she had no pulse and wasn't breathing” after coaches tried using a defibrillator, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. “Officer Pozo and Sgt. William Houck performed CPR on the 14-year-old female and she began breathing on her own,” he said. Hackensack University Medical Center EMTs and paramedics responded to the Spring Street soccer field and transported the girl to HUMC, the captain s…