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HEROES: Man Rescued From Base Of Great Falls In Paterson HEROES: Man Rescued From Base Of Great Falls In Paterson
Heroes: Man Rescued From Base Of Great Falls In Paterson PHOTOS: City firefighters rescued a man from the base of the Great Falls in Paterson shortly after midnight Sunday. The rescuers used a tethered raft to row their way to the 32-year-old man, who was sitting on on the rocky island near the hydroelectric plant off McBride Avenue at Overlook Park's Lower Pavillion, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. He claimed he'd jumped from the footbridge above the falls, but that's a drop of more than seven stories. "There were no witnesses to confirm it," Speziale said. "The city recently reinvested in rescue operations with the purchase …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Fire Destroys Familiar Paterson Water Tower, Ravages Abandoned Mill Fire Destroys Familiar Paterson Water Tower, Ravages Abandoned Mill
Fire Destroys Familiar Paterson Water Tower, Ravages Abandoned Mill The second fire in a little over two years at a vacant mill near the Great Falls in Paterson destroyed a 125-year-old water tower on Thursday. Three squatters emerged safely from the McBride Avenue building shortly after the three-alarm blaze broke out around 10 a.m. EMS brought one to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center for treatment of smoke inhalation. Arson investigators were eyeing the squatters as they probed the blaze to determine its origin, authorities said. Firefighters were forced into an exterior operation and had the blaze under control in just over an hour. None were injur…

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by Jerry DeMarco