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Joey Fehl

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HERO: Firefighter Rescues Suicidal Woman From Route 17 Overpass Leap HERO: Firefighter Rescues Suicidal Woman From Route 17 Overpass Leap
Hero: Firefighter Rescues Suicidal Woman From Route 17 Overpass Leap “Why don’t you kill yourself?” her boyfriend told a distraught Lodi woman. Hours later, the 24-year-old woman had climbed atop a bridge barrier above Route 17 in nearby Hasbrouck Heights and considered whether to jump. Then Joey Fehl showed up. Fehl, a Palisades Park firefighter who lives in town, faced his own ordeals. He came out the other side neither bitter nor discouraged. So he knew where she was coming from.And she could sense it. Fehl was driving down Route 46 with pal Thomas Mayer when he spotted her out of the corner of his eye shortly after 3:30 Wednesday afternoon. “Why is t…

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by Jerry DeMarco