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It's A Girl: Mom Gives Birth On Long Island Highway It's A Girl: Mom Gives Birth On Long Island Highway
It's A Girl: Mom Gives Birth On Long Island Highway While most expectant mothers give birth in a hospital, that was not the case for Long Island mom Diana Suarez, whose bundle of joy couldn’t quite wait that long. Emergency crews in Holbrook were called at around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, with reports that a woman was going into labor on the shoulder of Sunrise Highway near the Lincoln Avenue exit, according to Suffolk County Police. By the time Suffolk County Highway Patrol Officer Jesse Wenk arrived on scene, the 26-year-old Suarez, of North Bellport, had already delivered a baby girl. Wenk helped keep the newborn warm with a jacket a…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Police Officers Hailed As Heroes For Reviving Long Island Woman Police Officers Hailed As Heroes For Reviving Long Island Woman
Police Officers Hailed As Heroes For Reviving Long Island Woman Two Long Island police officers are being honored for helping to save a woman in medical distress. The incident took place in Holtsville around 5:50 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 13. According to the Suffolk County Police, Officers Frederick Reed and Stacey Byrnes along with the Holbrook Fire Department provided life-saving aid to a woman in medical distress in Holbrook. Reed and Byrnes responded to a 911 call from a 60-year-old woman suffering from cardiac arrest at her residence on Mews Court, police said. When they arrived, the woman was found unresponsive and without a pulse. The t…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Long Island Officers Revive Man Who Suffered Cardiac Arrest Long Island Officers Revive Man Who Suffered Cardiac Arrest
Long Island Officers Revive Man Who Suffered Cardiac Arrest A Long Island man has two police officers to thank for saving his life. Emergency crews were called to a home in Suffolk County on Church Street in Holbrook Friday, May 13, with reports that an 81-year-old man had suffered cardiac arrest. When officers arrived, they found the man unresponsive and without a pulse, police said. That's when Fifth Precinct officers Marcin Pawezka and Nicholas Vezzi began administering CPR and used an automated external defibrillator (AED). Their efforts paid off and the man began breathing on his own, police said. The officers continued performing CPR to mai…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
20 Displaced In Massive Long Island Apartment Fire 20 Displaced In Massive Long Island Apartment Fire
20 Displaced In Massive Long Island Apartment Fire Twenty people were displaced on Long Island, as several Suffolk County fire departments teamed to battle a blaze at an apartment complex early on Monday, Dec. 9, fire officials said. Fire crews responded to the Fairfield Sunrise Gardens complex on Greenbriar Drive in Bohemia shortly after 4:30 a.m. on Monday, where a fire damaged a total of 12 apartments, leaving 20 without a roof over their heads, according to the Red Cross. Firefighters from Bohemia, Bayport, Blue Point, East Islip, Holbrook, Islip Terrace, Lakeland, Sayville, and West Sayville took approximately an hour to knock down the…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Long Island Man Seriously Injured After Falling Off ATV, Police Say Long Island Man Seriously Injured After Falling Off ATV, Police Say
Long Island Man Seriously Injured After Falling Off ATV, Police Say A Long Island man was seriously injured after he fell off an ATV, according to police. Joseph DeMarie, 45, was operating a Yamaha ATV without a helmet on Glen Summer Road in Holbrook when he apparently lost control of the vehicle and fell to the ground at approximately 11:45 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 17, Suffolk County Police said. DeMarie, of Holbrook, was transported via Holbrook Fire Department ambulance to Stony Brook University Hospital with serious injuries. The ATV was impounded for a safety check.  Anyone with information is asked to call the Fifth Squad 631-854-8552.

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Pickup Truck Crashes Into Building On Long Island, Injuring Two Employees Pickup Truck Crashes Into Building On Long Island, Injuring Two Employees
Pickup Truck Crashes Into Building On Long Island, Injuring Two Employees A driver of a pickup truck who suffered a medical emergency crashed into the front of East End Stairs and Railing Inc., in Holtsville, injuring two workers. The incident took place around 9:40 a.m., Tuesday, July 9, at 194 Morris Ave., Holtsville, Suffolk County Police said. According to police, the driver of a GMC Sierra pickup truck was in the parking lot of East End Stairs and Railing Inc. when they suffered a medical event and the truck veered into the building. Two employees were injured when a truck slammed into a business.Holtsville Fire Department The driver, who had to be remo…

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by Kathy Reakes