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Police Officers Save Choking Newborn On Long Island Police Officers Save Choking Newborn On Long Island
Police Officers Save Choking Newborn On Long Island Two police officers on Long Island are being praised after saving a newborn baby from choking. Emergency crews in Coram were called Monday, Jan. 23, with reports that a 1-month-old baby girl was having trouble breathing, according to Suffolk County Police. After responding to the 911 call, officer Peter Laub slapped the baby’s back while officer Patrick Hanley cleared the baby’s airway, police said. The child began breathing on her own and was taken by ambulance to Saint Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson for further treatment. As a police officer, each day brings a different challe…

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by Michael Mashburn
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'Very Grateful': Mineola Coaches Honored For Saving HS Basketball Player Who Collapsed On Court 'Very Grateful': Mineola Coaches Honored For Saving HS Basketball Player Who Collapsed On Court
'Very Grateful': Mineola Coaches Honored For Saving HS Basketball Player Who Collapsed On Court Three quick-thinking high school coaches on Long Island are getting the hero's treatment for saving a basketball player’s life after he collapsed on the court. The terrifying ordeal happened Tuesday, Dec. 6, at Chaminade High School in Mineola, school officials said. Seventeen-year-old varsity player PJ Kellachan was heading to the sideline following a drill when he suddenly collapsed and began suffering a seizure. The 17-year-old eventually stopped breathing and went into cardiac arrest. “I remember being on the court, but then my mind kind of blacks out,” Kellachan told reporters at a…

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by Michael Mashburn