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HEROES: Heart Attack Victim, 55, Revived By Responders On Tubing Hill At Campgaw HEROES: Heart Attack Victim, 55, Revived By Responders On Tubing Hill At Campgaw
Heroes: Heart Attack Victim, 55, Revived By Responders On Tubing Hill At Campgaw The “magic carpet” lift at Campgaw Mountain in Mahwah was full when a 55-year-old skier from Wayne on a school trip with his wife and children keeled over nearly 100 yards up the tubing hill. Several riders and the lift operator rushed to the heart attack victim's side and began CPR. One of them is a nurse, another an off-duty police officer from Bergen County who was with his son on the trip. “The conveyor belt was a little unsteady,” said the officer. “At first I thought he just fell down. Then I realized it was a lot worse than that. “He wasn’t moving, so things started to pile up on t…

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by Jerry DeMarco