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Police & Fire
Officers Save Unresponsive Girl, 2, In Edgewater: Police
An unresponsive 2-year-old girl was saved by Edgewater police officers early this week, officials said. Sgt. Wetklow, Ptl. Monroe, Ptl. Massuda, Ptl. Cabrera, and Ptl. Ebenhack responded to reports of a child who was not responsive or breathing at a River Road apartment around 6:50 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21, Chief Donald A. Martin said. The child's mother was performing lifesaving care, but the officers immediately took over and performed CPR, utilizing an automated external defibrillator and bag valve mask, Martin said. Through the officers' efforts, the child soon had a pulse and was breathi…
Police & Fire
Cops ID Motorcyclist, 37, Killed In Route 17 Crash
Police have identified the motorcyclist killed in a crash on Route 17 in Bergen County this week. Daniel Wenzel, 37, of Milford, PA collided with another vehicle on the southbound side of the highway near the Essex Street ramp in Maywood around 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 10, Maywood Police Detective Sgt. William Phayre said. Wenzel's Facebook profile shows he has ties to North Bergen and was a marine diesel mechanic at the NY Waterway. An investigation found Wenzel had collided with another vehicle, causing it to veer off the roadway into a grass median. The driver of the…
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Former NJ Man Gary Conley, 53, Dies Tubing On Delaware River
Officials have identified the Pennsylvania man who drowned while tubing in on the Delaware River on Saturday, July 6. Gary M. Conley, 53, of Forks Township, was on a tube on the Delaware River when he went into the water and "did not return to the surface," said the Northampton County Coroner's Office. Bystanders pulled him to the shore and performed CPR until he could be taken to St. Luke’s Hospital, Anderson Campus, authorities said. He was resuscitated at the hospital but died from complications from the drowning on Sunday, July 7, according to the coroner. His de…
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Boy Who Drowned On First Day Of NJ Summer Camp Defied Odds Since Birth, Campaign Says
The 6-year-old boy who died after being found unresponsive in a swimming pool at a South Jersey summer camp has been identified, authorities said. Michael Stewart was a rising first grader at the Lumberton Township School District, Superintendent Colleen Murray said in a letter to the community posted on the district's website. A GoFundMe campaign launched for his mother, Enjoli, said Michael drowned during free swim at Liberty Lake Day Camp in Mansfield Township. "Michael came into this world a fighter from the day he was born," reads the campaign launched by Kayla Ogletree. "He…
Police & Fire
Heroes
: Secaucus Officers Revive Unresponsive Man
Two heroes in blue revived a man who'd stopped breathing. Secaucus Police Officer Michael Borrelli immediately began CPR when he and Officer Austin C. Hawxhurst arrived and found the unresponsive victim at the Harmon Cove Towers earlier this month, Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Hawxhurst administered a first shock from a defibrillator as he and Borelli continued CPR while awaiting EMTs from nearby Hudson Regional Hospital and paramedics from Jersey City Medical Center, the chief said. A second shock helped get a pulse going, Miller said. The man then regained consciousness and wa…
Police & Fire
Giant Among Volunteers, Ramsey's Charles Schucht, 75, To Be Laid To Rest
𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗕𝗨𝗧𝗘: It's a measure of Charles Schucht's well-known dedication to helping others that he volunteered for the Ramsey Ambulance Corps in his late 60s. "Many people knew Chuck volunteered at RAC, but few realized the extent of his involvement due to his humility," Corps Chief Marc Greenwood said. "Chuck prided himself on participating in almost every single birthday drive by during COVID," Greenwood said. "When he wasn’t spreading cheer, he was helping transport critically ill COVID patients when many other volunteers had to step back for their families." Schucht was on duty in uniform wh…
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Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino Stays Calm While Saving Choking Son In Ring Video
Reality television star. Recovering addict. Dad. Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino shared Ring footage of a scary moment at the family dinner table in Holmdel. The MTV "Jersey Shore" star sprung into action when he noticed his 2-year-old son Romeo choking on his favorite pasta dish, pesto gnocchi, in a clip she shared to Instagram Saturday morning, Feb. 3. Footage shows the child hunched over in his seat at the table and in seconds, his parents realize what's happening. Sorrentino pulls his son from his chair and smacks him on the back until the food becomes dislodged. The child soon cries …
Police & Fire
Unresponsive Man At New Jersey LA Fitness Revived By Officers, Bystander: Police
A quick-thinking bystander and three Secaucus police officers helped save a life at LA Fitness on Saturday, Dec. 16, police said. At 10:03 a.m., police responded to LA Fitness at 485 Harmon Meadow Boulevard on a report of an unresponsive male, who was not breathing, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Juan Germosen, a bystander, began performing CPR, Miller said. Police officer Christopher Boyko took over CPR and was assisted by officer Jonathan Padron, Miller said. While performing CPR, officer Justin Pardo utilized a defibrillator and administered two shocks to the man, and a…
Police & Fire
Death At Route 17 Holiday Inn: Cause Not Official Yet
All signs point to the death of a 56-year-old guest at a Holiday Inn off Route 17 as the result of a medical emergency, possibly a heart attack. But it’s not official yet. Hasbrouck Heights police were still awaiting the results of an autopsy by the Bergen County Medical Examiner’s Office. It began with a 911 call from the hotel for an ambulance at the Holiday Inn Hasbrouck Heights-Meadowlands shortly before 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20. CPR reportedly was in progress before the man in Room 203 was pronounced dead a short time later. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identifi…
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Jersey Shore Hiker Collapses, Dies On Catskills Trail: Report
A hiker from New Jersey complaining of chest discomfort and breathing problems collapsed and died while hiking in the Catskills last weekend, officials said. The man was identified by the Times Union as Ravi K. Vegiraju, 50, of Morganville. The incident happened in Greene County in the hamlet of Lanesville around 8:50 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 16. According to officials with the Department of Conservation, the hiker collapsed on the Diamond Notch Trail in the Hunter-West Kill Wilderness Area. Members of Vegiraju's hiking group began CPR while another hiker called 911. Two nearby EMT…
Police & Fire
Hero
: Nurse Comes To Rescue Of Bicyclist, 69, Suffering Medical Emergency In Bergen Park
UPDATE: An off-duty nurse helped rescue a 69-year-old bicyclist who suffered an apparent medical emergency in a Bergen County park, authorities said. Jacqueline Polentarutti was conducting CPR when Glen Rock and Paramus police and Bergen County sheriff's officers arrived at the bike path in Saddle River County Park near the Paramus border last Wednesday, Aug. 2. Glen Rock Police Officers Matt Stanislao, Sam Evans and Andrew Magro brought a defibrillator that was used in an effort to revive the victim, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Members of the Paramus Rescue Squad drove the unconsci…
Police & Fire
CPR, Defib, Gator Used For Victim Of Medical Episode In Saddle River County Park
An off-duty nurse helped save the life of a 69-year-old bicyclist who was knocked unconscious in a fall at a Bergen County park, authorities said. Jacqueline Polentarutti was conducting CPR when Glen Rock and Paramus police and Bergen County sheriff's officers arrived at the bike path in Saddle River County Park near the Paramus border last Wednesday, Aug. 2. Glen Rock Police Officers Matt Stanislao, Sam Evans and Andrew Magro brought a defibrillator that was used in an effort to revive the victim, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Members of the Paramus Rescue Squad drove the u…
Police & Fire
Drowning Boy, 9, Resuscitated After He's Pulled From Pool At Boys & Girls Club
A drowning 9-year-old boy was resuscitated by staff members after being pulled from the pool at the Boys & Girls Club of Clifton on Thursday, responders said. The Morris Plains youngster may have had a medical emergency shortly after 2:30 p.m. July 6, they said. "Staff noticed immediately, pulled the child from the pool and conducted CPR," Clifton Police Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The child then began breathing again, the lieutenant said. He was conscious and alert after being taken to St. Joseph's University Medical Center, Bracken said.
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Life Without NJ DPW Worker Struck By Lightning Is 'Unimaginable'
There's been an outpouring of support for a Woodbridge Department of Public Works employee struck by lightning this week. Eric Baumgartner survived the strike after a Woodbridge police officer performed life-saving CPR. Baumgartner was painting lines for the soccer field at Iselin Middle School on Wednesday, June 14, and didn't hear anything over the loud noise of the machine he was using when the lightning strike came down, a GoFundMe page says. Eric was unresponsive and had no pulse when Woodbridge Police Officer RJ McPartland revived him. In Eric’s words, "He thought he was dying …
Police & Fire
WHO IS HE? Unidentified Jogger Unresponsive After Collapsing At Lyndhurst Park
Authorities were trying to identify a jogger who collapsed Wednesday morning while running in a park in Lyndhurst. The jogger -- believed to be in his 50s to early 60s -- stopped and hunched over, then grabbed his chest and collapsed on the running track in Riverside County Park North around 9 a.m. May 3, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Police officer brothers Angel and Steven Batista and Detective Thomas McSweeney began CPR on the unresponsive victim, who Auteri said wasn't carrying any identification. They applied defibrillator shocks, the third of which revived him, the lieutenant sa…
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Rutgers Dining Hall Worker Saved Choking Student From Bergen County When No One Else Knew How
Melanie Buschgans was at dinner with friends at Rutgers University's Livingston Dining Hall Feb. 4 when something unusual happened: She began to choke. The Waldwick native tried washing the cucumbers down with water to no avail. Then, her friends started to panic. "We went to the front desk and they didn't know what to do," recalls Buschgans, 18. And so, Buschgans' friends began yelling out for help. Halil Bektas, who works in the beverage section in the cafeteria, heard some noise. It's not unusual for college students to be noisy, so at first, he ignored it. But then Bektas turned aroun…
Police & Fire
Secaucus Officers Revive Elderly Man
A Secaucus man is alive and well thanks to the quick thinking of three city policemen, officials say. Lt. Christopher Rinaldi was called to the corner of Seaview Drive and New County Road just before 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, for a reported medical emergency. There, he found an elderly man laying unresponsive on the ground and not breathing, the department said. Just as Rinaldi began performing CPR, officers Mikhail Kowlessar and Kasey Kelly arrived on the scene, officials wrote. The pair assisted with the CPR before grabbing their defibrillator and administering a "shock" to the…
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Student Revived After Medical Episode At Bergen Middle School
An Oakland middle school student was revived following a medical episode in gym class, authorities said. The Valley Middle School nurse was conducting CPR on the 13-year-old boy -- who responders said had a pre-existing medical condition -- when police arrived shortly after 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6. "He was breathing on his own at the time he was transported to the hospital," Police Capt. Timothy Keenan said. Responders included Oakland Police Lt. Mark Piercy, Sgt. Stephen Broek and Officers Jacob Martin and Joseph Burns.
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Girl, 4, Falls Through Ice, Rescued By Family Member From Mahwah Pond
A 4-year-old girl was rescued by a family member after she fell through the ice on a Mahwah pond, responders said. The child was floating face down when a man believed to be her uncle jumped in and pulled her from the water on Anderson Drive in the Stag Hill section of town less than a quarter-mile from the Rockland County border shortly after 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 23,they said. CPR was immediately conducted as the first responders arrived. The girl was reportedly alert and breathing when she was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. NOTE: Daily Voice hopes to identify -- and pos…
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: Northern Valley HS Staffer Collapses, Heroes Respond
No students were in the immediate area when a staff member collapsed and stopped breathing at Northern Valley Regional High School in Old Tappan, authorities said. Luckily police were. The staffer had gone to the Technology Department on the second floor for help with a computer issue when he suffered a medical episode shortly after 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 30, they said. As fortune would have it, help was right downstairs. Police Sgt. Eugene Wilkins was conducting a school security walk-through with Class III Officers Michael Foti and Thomas Tully when a staffer came running at 10:40 a.m.…
Police & Fire
Nurse Details Attempted Rescue Of Jersey Shore Drowning Victim 'Way, Way Out'
At least three good Samaritans including an off-duty police officer, a nurse and a surfer helped try to rescue a drowning victim. Dana Wolfanger of Wanaque tells Daily Voice she spotted a surfer trying to save Matthew Mauro, 46, on Wednesday, Sept. 14 off Ortley Beach. She then notice his body tossing in the strong currents "way, way out," she said. "We were just sitting on the beach. We noticed people standing close to the shoreline," said Wolfanger, a nurse and former lifeguard. The surfer spent about 10 minutes trying to swim this man into shore, but no one else was jumping in, Wol…
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Heroes
: Softball Player Not Breathing, No Pulse Revived By New Milford Police
A player had just collapsed at New Milford's new softball field when police arrived and found an off-duty nurse tending to him. He wasn't breathing and had no pulse, Police Chief Brian Clancy said. Officers Dennis Calacione and Kyle Hill, Sgt. Michael Lafrano and Detective Przemyslaw Boinski began CPR on the 43-year-old victim at Knights Field off River Road shortly before 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, the chief said. "They did compressions and rescue breathing and also used the Automated External Defibrillator (AED)," Clancy said. After a few minutes, the man came around, he said, Clanc…
Police & Fire
Occupant Hospitalized In Cardiac Arrest As Car Plummets Into Sussex County Waters
One person was hospitalized in cardiac arrest after a car plummeted into the water in Sussex County, authorities said. The Byram Township Fire Department responded to the report of a car in the water near Amity Road and found multiple occupants attempting to escape around 3:10 p.m. on Sunday, July 31, the squad said. One of the occupants made their way to shore before going into cardiac arrest, prompting crew members to administer CPR as the remaining occupants were safely brought to shore. A medical helicopter was requested with a landing zone at Johnson field, though the patient was ulti…
Police & Fire
Near-Drowning Victim Revived By State Police At Sussex County State Park
State Police were quick to save the life of a 50-year-old man who nearly drowned at a state park in Sussex County. Troopers responding to a report of an unconscious man at Swartswood State Park found the victim submerged in water around 10:15 a.m. on Thursday, May 12, New Jersey State Police said in a release on Monday, June 27. Troopers Anthony Pall, Julio Rodriguez, and Kevin Foulds immediately administered CPR, giving chest compressions and providing Oxygen with a bag valve mask. Meanwhile, four shocks were delivered with an automated external defibrillator (AED) as troopers continued C…
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NFL Legend Tony Siragusa Fell To Similar Fate As His Father: Report
Further details reveal that NFL legend, Tony "The Goose" Siragusa, has died in nearly the same manner as his father, whom he tried to save, TMZ reports. Siragusa had reportedly been receiving CPR at a home in Toms River, NJ when the initial emergency call came in around 11:45 a.m., Wednesday, June 22. He was pronounced dead at the scene and a cause of death was not immediately determined. Decades earlier, when Siragusa was 21, he performed CPR on his dad who suffered a massive heart attack, claiming his life at the age of 48, Siragusa said on an episode of Howard Stern. Siragusa's dad died…
Police & Fire
Morris County Emergency Crews Save Life Of Toddler Who Suddenly Stopped Breathing
Emergency crews in Morris County are being recognized for helping save the life of a local toddler who suddenly stopped breathing. The New Vernon Volunteer Fire Department and First Aid Squad administered CPR to the child, who was urgently brought to the station earlier this week, the department said Wednesday. The toddler was ultimately saved as a result of the members’ immediate actions. “All of our members are CPR certified and using the skills they practiced they were able to save the child’s life,” reads a post from the NVVFD. Former Chief Peter Finkle and current Deputy Chief Scott…
Police & Fire
One Killed, Others Hurt In Fiery Head-On Crash With Tractor-Trailer (
Developing
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One person was killed and others were hurt in a fiery crash with a tractor-trailer in Warren County, developing reports say. State Police responded to the head-on crash near 1245 Hope Bridgeville Rd. in Blairstown shortly before 10:30 a.m. Monday, according to initial and unconfirmed reports. A tractor-trailer overturned during the crash and began leaking fluids, which then caught fire, the initial report said. Meanwhile, multiple people were thrown from another vehicle, and at least one victim was receiving CPR, according to the report. A medical helicopter was requested but declined due…
Police & Fire
NJ Native, Sailor Saves Life At The Gym
The life-saving drills that US Navy sailor Ryan P. Lighten had performed while stationed in San Antonio were muscle memory during a recent trip to the gym. “I was working out on the bench press with my earbuds in, when one of my future sailors ran up to me with a scared look on his face, yelling franticly,” said Lighten, 29, of Newark. “He told me there was a man lying on the floor unresponsive and not breathing.” Future Sailor Dominic Rodgers knew the Navy provided CPR training to all of its personnel, which is why he ran straight to Lighten, he said. Without hesitation, Lighten sprung in…
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NJ Attorney General Releases Footage Of Fatal Police Encounter With Agitated Paterson Man
VIDEO: A bloodied, agitated suspect writhes uncontrollably, falls down and then goes limp while being handcuffed by Paterson police, body camera footage released Wednesday shows. “I lost his pulse,” a city EMT firefighter tells the officers after they lift a lifeless Jose Gonzalez onto a gurney. “CPR?” one asks. They then remove the cuffs, turn him onto his back and begin chest compressions as the footage ends. Gonzalez, 41, of Paterson, was pronounced dead at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center less than an hour later, authorities said. Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bru…
Police & Fire
Heroes
: North Caldwell Police Officers Revive Drowning Boy, 5
Three North Caldwell police officers revived a 5-year-old drowning victim last week. Sgt. Sue Depoe, Det. Sgt. John Lynch and Officer Matt Carleo arrived at the undisclosed address around 1:30 p.m. Aug. 16, where the boy had been pulled from the pool by a teen lifeguard, authorities said. Carleo began life saving measures on the child, and then officers performed CPR. The boy's heart was restarted before he was taken to a local hospital, police said. "The department commends these officers whose quick thinking and teamwork were able to save a child's life," authorities sa…
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Heroes
: Stricken Swimmer, 92, Rescued From Maywood Pool
An unconscious 92-year-old swimmer was floating face down in the Maywood Municipal Pool when responders rushed to the rescue, authorities said. Lifeguards Andrew Esposito and David Wells removed the borough resident from the pool following last Wednesday afternoon’s mishap, Maywood Police Chief Terence R. Kenny said. Their colleagues assisted in initial resuscitation efforts, Kenny said Tuesday. Lt. Derek Smith and Sgt. Jason Liaban arrived moments later and began CPR, the chief said. The swimmer – who requested anonymity -- was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center and was …
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