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HEROES: Lyndhurst Police Save Another Cardiac Victim HEROES: Lyndhurst Police Save Another Cardiac Victim
Heroes: Lyndhurst Police Save Another Cardiac Victim A 62-year-old Lyndhurst man lay lifeless on his front lawn Thursday night when a township police officer arrived and immediately began administering CPR. Officer Thomas McSweeney was the first responder at the Stuyvesant Avenue home, where he was quickly joined by Detectives Geoff Rejent and William Kapp. “Together they continued lifesaving measures and administered a shock from a defibrillator,” Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said Friday. “As a result of their efforts they were able to resuscitate him.” Lyndhurst EMTs Charles Robert Pelle and Kenan Tepeli continued to render aid to the vict…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
WATCH: Bodycam Footage Shows NJ Transit Officer Reviving Newborn Baby In Train Station WATCH: Bodycam Footage Shows NJ Transit Officer Reviving Newborn Baby In Train Station
Watch: Bodycam Footage Shows NJ Transit Officer Reviving Newborn Baby In Train Station A fast-acting NJ Transit officer revived a lifeless baby born in Newark Penn Station.  He rushed her to the hospital in the passenger's seat of a police car Tuesday morning and didn't stop CPR until he got to the hospital, where she began to cry. Every second was captured by body cameras worn by the officers. The officers responded to a report of a medical event in the women's restroom at Newark Penn Station around 10 a.m., to find a mother cradling her newborn baby in her arms, NJ Transit officials said. The baby was grey in color and not breathing. Officer Bryan Richards can be see…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
HEROES: Lyndhurst Police Sergeant, Colleagues Save Life Of Stricken School Contractor HEROES: Lyndhurst Police Sergeant, Colleagues Save Life Of Stricken School Contractor
Heroes: Lyndhurst Police Sergeant, Colleagues Save Life Of Stricken School Contractor A police sergeant who knows Lyndhurst High School like the back of his hand quickly got to a contractor who’d gone into cardiac arrest, saving the man’s life. Sgt. Steven Passamano was the first responder in the remote room after the 49-year-old victim began going in and out of consciousness and eventually went limp, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Passamano, who has been a school resource officer for several years, “was able to quickly locate the victim thanks to his intimate knowledge of the building,” Auteri said. The sergeant immediately began CPR, he said. School staff member Bria…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Responders: Stabbing Victim Emerges From Paterson House Fire Responders: Stabbing Victim Emerges From Paterson House Fire
Responders: Stabbing Victim Emerges From Paterson House Fire An emotionally disturbed man who'd apparently stabbed himself emerged from a burning Paterson home Tuesday afternoon, responders said. Police responding to a call of a barricade subject in the 400 block of Sussex Street shortly before 2 p.m. summoned firefighters after seeing smoke coming from the attic of the 2½-story home. They got the victim outside and conducted CPR. It wasn't immediately clear whether the victim survived. Firefighters had the bulk of the blaze knocked down within 20 minutes but then had to contend with cluttered conditions. They declared it under control about 2…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
HEROES: Port Authority Team Rescues Seizure Victim At Lincoln Tunnel HEROES: Port Authority Team Rescues Seizure Victim At Lincoln Tunnel
Heroes: Port Authority Team Rescues Seizure Victim At Lincoln Tunnel A worker had suddenly went into cardiac arrest on the roof of the Port Authority administration building at the Lincoln Tunnel when several heroes rushed to his rescue. Senior Tunnel and Bridge Agent Keith O'Halloran and Tunnel and Bridge Agent David Brierty found him not breathing, with no pulse early Saturday. Three Port Authority police officers quickly joined in. The rescuers began CPR, then gave him two shocks from a defibrillator. Soon, he began breathing and regained a pulse. EMS took the worker to a local hospital, where doctors placed him in a medically-induced coma. All are ho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
HEROES: Port Authority Police Officers Revive Heart Attack Victim On GWB HEROES: Port Authority Police Officers Revive Heart Attack Victim On GWB
Heroes: Port Authority Police Officers Revive Heart Attack Victim On GWB Two Port Authority police officers revived a heart attack victim on the George Washington Bridge. Officers Nikolas Vuksanovich and Cesar Moreno were patrolling on the bridge’s south side sidewalk when the 65-year-old New York man fell in front of them, Port Authority spokeswoman Lenis Rodrigues said. The officers ran to the victim, conducted CPR and, within moments, had him conscious and breathing, Rodrigues said. He was alert and conscious when taken to a hospital, where he was reported in stable condition Friday after suffering cardiac arrest, she said.

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by Jerry DeMarco