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Mahwah Police Rescue Mom, Girls From Truck Stranded In Rushing Ramapo River Mahwah Police Rescue Mom, Girls From Truck Stranded In Rushing Ramapo River
Mahwah Police Rescue Mom, Girls From Truck Stranded In Rushing Ramapo River MAHWAH, N.J. -- The rising current of the Ramapo River had reached the knees of a woman and three young girls stranded Friday night in a pickup truck behind the Sheraton Mahwah Hotel. Responding Mahwah Police Officer Devon Gannon removed his gun belt, tied a rope around his waist and rushed into the icy water. Right behind him was Officer Greg Lehman. "They got them out one by one, from Gannon to Lehman to the shore in the pitch-black dark," Mahwah Police Chief James Batelli said. The woman and three girls -- ages 5, 12 and 13 -- were all fine, as were their rescuers, he said. …