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HEROES: Firefighters From Rockland Rescue Palisades Hiker Above NJ Marina HEROES: Firefighters From Rockland Rescue Palisades Hiker Above NJ Marina
Heroes: 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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by Jerry DeMarco
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WATCH: Newark Police Officer Saves Stabbing Victim WATCH: Newark Police Officer Saves Stabbing Victim
Watch: 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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by Jerry DeMarco