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HEROISM IN ACTION: Wayne Police Officer Rescues Woman From Burning Home HEROISM IN ACTION: Wayne Police Officer Rescues Woman From Burning Home
Heroism IN Action: Wayne Police Officer Rescues Woman From Burning Home WAYNE, N.J. – A Wayne police officer pulled a woman through the window of her burning home, saving her life, authorities said. Her frightened husband yelled to Officers Rick Vanderclock and Eric Caffrey that she was still inside the Beechwood Drive house when they arrived at 3:20 a.m. Monday to find the front of the house "fully engulfed in flames" after a seies of explosions, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Vanderclock ran to the back and heard the woman yelling from an open window, Martin said, adding that heavy smoke was pouring out. The officer pulled the woman out and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Wayne Police: New Year's Eve DWI Crash Driver Rescued From Overturned SUV Wayne Police: New Year's Eve DWI Crash Driver Rescued From Overturned SUV
Wayne Police: New Year's Eve DWI Crash Driver Rescued From Overturned SUV WAYNE, N.J. -- A drunk driver had to be extricated from his overturned SUV after it barreled into the woods in Wayne just after midnight on New Year's Eve, authorities said. A passenger also fled the scene, but police followed his footprints in the snow and found him passed out over a fence, Detective Capt. Lawrence W. Martin said Jorge Aliaga, 52, of Wayne, was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson by the Wayne Volunteer Memorial First Aid Squad after members cut him from a 2011 Honda Pilot, with help from township firefighters, following the 12:30 a.m. crash off Preakn…

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by Jerry DeMarco