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HEROES: Second Would-Be Jumper In 3 Days Rescued From GWB HEROES: Second Would-Be Jumper In 3 Days Rescued From GWB
Heroes: Second Would-Be Jumper In 3 Days Rescued From GWB For the second time in three days, a despondent 24-year-old man -- this one from Jersey City -- perched himself on a ledge at the George Washington Bridge and threatened to jump. Port Authority Tunnel and Bridge Agent Gerry Smithson was driving eastbound on the upper level just after 9:30 a.m. Saturday when a passing motorist flagged him down, said Steve Coleman, the authority's deputy media director. Smithson notified the GWB desk and authority police, then stopped traffic in two bridge lanes and found the man on a narrow ledge over the railing on the bridge's south sidewalk, Coleman said…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Responders Rescue Seriously Injured Worker In Fair Lawn Construction Fall Responders Rescue Seriously Injured Worker In Fair Lawn Construction Fall
Responders Rescue Seriously Injured Worker In Fair Lawn Construction Fall Fair Lawn responders rescued a worker who fell from a scaffold onto concrete footing at a construction site early Friday. Borough firefighters and Fair Lawn Rescue Squad members who brought a ladder and a Stokes basket got the 51-year-old worker safely out of the trench at the River Road site behind the CVS shortly before 8 a.m., police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. He’d fallen 10 or so feet at the site, where a senior complex is being built, Metzler said. The Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the victim to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson with several injuries – none of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Man Rescued From Collapsed Trench In Pequannock Man Rescued From Collapsed Trench In Pequannock
Man Rescued From Collapsed Trench In Pequannock First-responders from throughout the region took part in an intricate rescue Monday to save the life of a man entrapped when a trench collapsed at a Pequannock work site.  The incident began around 9 a.m. on Lincoln Road near the Knights of Columbus Hall, where the person was buried up to the waist, said Jerry Speziale, the police director for the city of Paterson.  Paterson first-responders belong to the Metro Search and Rescue Team,  a multi-agency unit that handles technical rescues.  Paterson firefighters helped secure the trench by shoring up its sides as other age…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
'Not My Proudest Moment,' Says Man Rescued After 20-Foot Plunge At Paterson Great Falls 'Not My Proudest Moment,' Says Man Rescued After 20-Foot Plunge At Paterson Great Falls
'Not My Proudest Moment,' Says Man Rescued After 20-Foot Plunge At Paterson Great Falls A 29-year-old man who had to be rescued after falling more than 20 feet at the Paterson Great Falls considers himself lucky to walk away with bumps and bruises. Police briefly detained the man before quickly releasing him Wednesday evening after determining what had happened. An ambulance took him to the hospital, where he was treated before being released. The Maywood man said he and a friend had visited the nearby Paterson Museum before heading over to the falls. "I got curious -- I was an idiot," he said Thursday. "There'a little walkway that brings you down," he added. "I crossed ov…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
NYC Man Rescued After Tumble Down Palisades Cliffs In Fort Lee NYC Man Rescued After Tumble Down Palisades Cliffs In Fort Lee
NYC Man Rescued After Tumble Down Palisades Cliffs In Fort Lee A rescue team plucked a New York City man from a ledge after he tumbled down the Palisades in Fort Lee late Thursday. Erick Sanes, 23, was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that responders said didn’t appear life-threatening following the 11:19 p.m. call. Palisades Interstate Parkway Police said officers “met with witnesses who were in phone contact with the victim,” who was “injured but alert and conscious” as he remained trapped on a ledge about 30 feet above Henry Hudson Drive, which runs along the Hudson River. Using a Fort Lee Fire Department ladder, rescuers…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
VIDEO/PHOTOS: Firefighters Rescue Driver After Car Falls Into Brook Off Route 208 VIDEO/PHOTOS: Firefighters Rescue Driver After Car Falls Into Brook Off Route 208
Video/Photos: Firefighters Rescue Driver After Car Falls Into Brook Off Route 208 Hawthorne firefighters rescued a driver whose car barreled down an embankment and over a wall into Goffle Brook near Route 208 Tuesday night. The woman was alert and thanking Hawthorne firefighters through tears of joy as they turned a ladder into a makeshift basket and carried her over the wall before she was placed on a gurney and taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital. The crash occurred just before 7 p.m. as she tried to turn onto northbound Route 208 from Goffle Road. Responders from several towns rushed to the scene. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this account. ****** ALSO SEE: A …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
PHOTOS: Paramus Firefighters Extricate Driver After Crash PHOTOS: Paramus Firefighters Extricate Driver After Crash
Photos: Paramus Firefighters Extricate Driver After Crash Paramus firefighters extricated an injured sedan driver after a Tuesday morning crash with an SUV. Firefighters used the Jaws of Life to free the female driver following the crash at the corner of Forest Avenue and Spring Valley Road. Both she and the other driver were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. Flatbed tow trucks removed both vehicles. Paramus police and EMS also responded. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this story.

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by Jerry DeMarco