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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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HERO: Firefighter Rescues Suicidal Woman From Route 17 Overpass Leap HERO: Firefighter Rescues Suicidal Woman From Route 17 Overpass Leap
Hero: Firefighter Rescues Suicidal Woman From Route 17 Overpass Leap “Why don’t you kill yourself?” her boyfriend told a distraught Lodi woman. Hours later, the 24-year-old woman had climbed atop a bridge barrier above Route 17 in nearby Hasbrouck Heights and considered whether to jump. Then Joey Fehl showed up. Fehl, a Palisades Park firefighter who lives in town, faced his own ordeals. He came out the other side neither bitter nor discouraged. So he knew where she was coming from.And she could sense it. Fehl was driving down Route 46 with pal Thomas Mayer when he spotted her out of the corner of his eye shortly after 3:30 Wednesday afternoon. “Why is t…

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by Jerry DeMarco