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HERO: NJ Police Officer Rescues Mom, Kids From House Fire HERO: NJ Police Officer Rescues Mom, Kids From House Fire
Hero: NJ Police Officer Rescues Mom, Kids From House Fire A Ridgefield police officer kicked in a door and rescued a mother and children from a raging house fire Saturday morning. Sgt. Edward Schaefer was walking out of the headquarters when he saw smoke coming from a block away. Schaefer, a 20-year veteran and firefighter, ran to the Hillside Street home. Smoke poured from the house as he got the mother and kids out. Flames were consuming the second floor and attic when Schaefer then turned and -- without protective gear -- went back inside to make sure there wasn’t anyone left. Schaefer, who was assisted by Officers Hagop Cigercioglu and Andr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HEROES: Suicidal Woman, 19, Rescued After Jumping From Palisades In Cliffside Park HEROES: Suicidal Woman, 19, Rescued After Jumping From Palisades In Cliffside Park
Heroes: Suicidal Woman, 19, Rescued After Jumping From Palisades In Cliffside Park Cliffside Park firefighters rescued a distraught 19-year-old woman who plunged nearly 30 feet after jumping from the top of the Palisades in a suicide try Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. The woman was taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, responders said. She sustained a head and ankle injury and had various cuts and bruises from the fall, Police Capt. Vincent Capano said. The woman jumped from the area at the bottom of Bender Place off Gorge Road and Laird Avenue -- across from the Riello high-rise on Gorge Road below -- around 4 p.m., the captain said. The Cliffside Par…

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by Jerry DeMarco