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Police Rescue Wheelchair-Bound Upper-Floor Tenant, 88, In Teaneck Apartment Building Fire Police Rescue Wheelchair-Bound Upper-Floor Tenant, 88, In Teaneck Apartment Building Fire
Police Rescue Wheelchair-Bound Upper-Floor Tenant, 88, In Teaneck Apartment Building Fire UPDATE: Two Teaneck police officers rescued an 88-year-old wheelchair-bound tenant from what began as an appliance fire in her fifth-floor apartment, carrying her down several flights of stairs to safety, authorities said. Sgt. Stephen Morena and Officer Aundra Ellington quickly gathered the woman – who, it turns out, had an oxygen tank that could have exploded before long – after the blaze broke out in the brick building at 34 State Street shortly before 8:30 p.m. Monday. Morena and Ellington carried the woman to the second floor and handed her over to members of the Teaneck Volunteer Ambu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HEROES: First-Responding Paterson Police Officers Evacuate Burning Building HEROES: First-Responding Paterson Police Officers Evacuate Burning Building
Heroes: First-Responding Paterson Police Officers Evacuate Burning Building UPDATE: A trio of Paterson police heroes evacuated a multi-family home during a Saturday morning fire, getting several residents to safety, authorities confirmed. Officers Edward Akins, Kevin Brito and Mark Alvarez were instantly on the scene of the Oak Street fire and got all of the residents out safely, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. The officers selflessly "put others' lives before their own," the director said. Firefighters were met by heavy flames on the second floor and in the attic of a two-story wood-frame home shortly after 9:30 a.m., Speziale said. The bla…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Jersey City Officer Reunited With Baby He Caught From Balcony, 1 Charged With Attempted Murder Jersey City Officer Reunited With Baby He Caught From Balcony, 1 Charged With Attempted Murder
Jersey City Officer Reunited With Baby He Caught From Balcony, 1 Charged With Attempted Murder A Jersey City man who dangled a baby over a 2nd-story balcony before tossing it into a quick-thinking police officer's arms below has been charged with attempted murder, authorities announced. Officers were called to 64 Rose St. around 9:40 a.m. on reports of a man dangling the baby, where civilians were pleading with the unidentified man not to drop the child, city officials said. “Don’t do it brother,” says a man capturing the incident on video (below). "This is sick." View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Stocky Ahki (@humzhal…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
HEROES: Watch As Secaucus Police Catch Boy, 4, Thrown From Window In Fire HEROES: Watch As Secaucus Police Catch Boy, 4, Thrown From Window In Fire
Heroes: Watch As Secaucus Police Catch Boy, 4, Thrown From Window In Fire Video shows Secaucus police officers catching a 4-year-old boy tossed to them from the window of a burning building. They also carried an unconscious, badly burned woman out the front door. Officer Nicholas Spangenberg forced his way into a first-floor apartment in the the smoky Radio Avenue building and found the 56-year-old woman unconscious on the floor. He, Officer Jason Mitchell, and Detective Aniello Schaffer carried out the woman, who police said suffered 2nd- and 3rd-degree burns. Another mother, seeing other officers below, tossed her son to them out the second-floor window of a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
VIDEO: Body Cam Footage Shows Newark Officers Rescuing Shooting Victim VIDEO: Body Cam Footage Shows Newark Officers Rescuing Shooting Victim
Video: Body Cam Footage Shows Newark Officers Rescuing Shooting Victim The body cam worn by Newark police officers captured the moments their heroic efforts saved a shooting victim. Officers responded to a call of a shooting on the 300 block of Morris Avenue Saturday afternoon, June 6, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said in a release. The victim was having trouble breathing and going in and out of consciousness when officers arrived at the scene around 2 p.m., Ambrose said. "Come on, get in the car," one officer can be heard saying, while escorting the victim to his cruiser. The officer then drove the victim to University Hospital, where he…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
HERO: Hackensack Police Officer Saves Life Of Unresponsive Baby HERO: Hackensack Police Officer Saves Life Of Unresponsive Baby
Hero: Hackensack Police Officer Saves Life Of Unresponsive Baby A year-old child had turned blue, her eyes rolling into the back of her head, when a Hackensack police officer saved her, authorities said. The 1-year-old girl was breathing but was limp when her mother handed her to Officer Mark Carillo on Tuesday, Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. The child remained unresponsive, so Carillo, rather than wait for an ambulance, took her and her mother to Hackensack University Medical Center himself, using his cruiser’s lights and siren, DeWitt said. The child was treated in the emergency room and was recovering from an undisclosed illness, the captain said. He pr…

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by Jerry DeMarco