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'Gone Too Soon': Arrangements Announced, Fond Memories Shared Of Moonachie Firefighter, 24 'Gone Too Soon': Arrangements Announced, Fond Memories Shared Of Moonachie Firefighter, 24
'Gone Too Soon': Arrangements Announced, Fond Memories Shared Of Moonachie Firefighter, 24 TRIBUTE: Among the remembrances that grew Tuesday of a young man gone too soon was one that spoke to the heart of gold that those who knew Moonachie Firefighter Chris Kucan said he had. "I was fishing this summer and knocked my phone out of my hand into Greenwood Lake," wrote Chris Romano of Little Ferry. "I remember being so upset that I lost every last picture I had of my father before he passed away and didn’t save anything on my phone." Kucan fetched his scuba gear, went to the same spot on the lake and tried to find it -- all because he "saw how hurt I was," Romano said. Kucan, 24, w…

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Community Shaken As Young Moonachie Firefighter, Port Authority Tunnel And Bridge Agent Dies Community Shaken As Young Moonachie Firefighter, Port Authority Tunnel And Bridge Agent Dies
Community Shaken As Young Moonachie Firefighter, Port Authority Tunnel And Bridge Agent Dies Shock mixed with sadness and grief as news spread of the unexpected death of a young Bergen County first responder. Christopher Kucan, 24, of Wood-Ridge, worked as a tunnel and bridge agent with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey at the Lincoln Tunnel. He was also an EMT with the Moonachie First Aid and Rescue Squad. "We are all at a complete loss for words," a Port Authority co-worker and fellow member of the fire service said. Those in both aspects of Kucan's life called him still young with great potential, one who had a heart of gold and "would drop everything to help a fri…

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South Hackensack PD: Fleeing Driver Crashes On Wrong Side Of Route 46, Says He Swallowed Heroin South Hackensack PD: Fleeing Driver Crashes On Wrong Side Of Route 46, Says He Swallowed Heroin
South Hackensack PD: Fleeing Driver Crashes On Wrong Side Of Route 46, Says He Swallowed Heroin An ex-con who led police on a wild chase into oncoming Route 46 traffic before crashing and trying to run told his pursuers that he’d swallowed several bags of heroin and didn’t want to die, authorities said. Christopher J. Williams, 49, of Paterson was a passenger in a 2000 Lexus stopped by South Hackensack Police Officer Kyle Skelley in the parking lot of the Dunkin’ Donuts on the eastbound highway in Little Ferry shortly before noon Friday. Skelley asked the agitated driver – identified as 31-year-old Samantha Boseski of Clifton – to step out of the sedan, Detective Sgt. James Donatello …

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by Jerry DeMarco