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Dehydrated Family Stranded On Cliffs Above Hudson Uses Cellphones To Send Distress Signal Dehydrated Family Stranded On Cliffs Above Hudson Uses Cellphones To Send Distress Signal
Dehydrated Family Stranded On Cliffs Above Hudson Uses Cellphones To Send Distress Signal Responders rescued a family of lost, dehydrated hikers stranded in the dark 350 feet above the Hudson River. It was the fourth rescue in just two weeks from cliffs along the Palisades between the George Washington Bridge and the Rockland County border. The original call of a hiker falling more than 40 feet brought Palisades Interstate Parkway Police, along with firefighters from Piermont and Nyack, shortly after 7:30 p.m. Sunday. The rescuers used thermal imaging cameras and a spotlight before determining the call was unfounded. What they did find were six stranded hikers using the li…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Palisades Parkway PD, Rockland Responders Team Up For Cliff, River Saves Palisades Parkway PD, Rockland Responders Team Up For Cliff, River Saves
Palisades Parkway PD, Rockland Responders Team Up For Cliff, River Saves Responders rescued a woman who passed out on the Palisades while hiking with her teenage son above the Hudson River – one of two cliffside saves and a water rescue that occurred hours apart near the New Jersey/New York border. The woman was “diabetic, exhausted, dehydrated and vomiting” when Palisades Interstate Parkway police found her and her 15-year-old son shortly after 2 p.m. Sunday in the area of the Great Stairs more than 150 feet above the river in Alpine, PIPPD Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. She passed out as they administered lifesaving first aid, he said. The Piermont …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Rockland Man Busted For Intoxicated Boating In Restricted Tappan Zee Bridge Waters Rockland Man Busted For Intoxicated Boating In Restricted Tappan Zee Bridge Waters
Rockland Man Busted For Intoxicated Boating In Restricted Tappan Zee Bridge Waters A man from Nyack was busted for boating while intoxicated during a late night jaunt in a restricted area of the Hudson River near the Tappan Zee Bridge in Rockland County. The Rockland County Sheriff’s Marine Unit spotted a boater operating his vessel erratically at approximately 11:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 24 within the exclusionary zone of the Tappan Zee Bridge. The vessel was stopped dockside and the operator, 59-year-old Mark Coyne, was arrested at the dock and charged with misdemeanor counts of operating a vessel with a blood alcohol content greater than .08 percent, operating a vessel …

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by Zak Failla