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Pilot, Student Survive Plane Crash At Essex County Airport Pilot, Student Survive Plane Crash At Essex County Airport
Pilot, Student Survive Plane Crash At Essex County Airport A plane crashed at the Essex County Airport this weekend after its landing gear malfunctioned and failed to deploy, authorities said.  The crash happened around 2:20 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12, when a Piper Seminole P-44 crash-landed on its belly. The pilot, a 31-year-old man from Paterson, and a 32-year-old Elizabeth student survived without injury, Fairfield police said.  “The circumstances surrounding this crash could have been much worse, and these gentlemen are very lucky,” said Public Information Officer Stacy Chiarolanza. The airport was closed Sunday afternoon as auth…

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by Josh Lanier
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'Miracle': Cops, Good Samaritans Use CPR To Save 9-Year-Old: Fairfield PD 'Miracle': Cops, Good Samaritans Use CPR To Save 9-Year-Old: Fairfield PD
'Miracle': Cops, Good Samaritans Use CPR To Save 9-Year-Old: Fairfield PD A family received a holiday miracle in Fairfield after a 9-year-old child was revived using CPR with the help of police and Good Samaritans, authorities said. At 4:09 p.m., officers responded to Kids Empire at 437 Route 46 West on a report of a child who collapsed and was not breathing, Fairfield police said. Sergeant Brian Sabatelli, corporal David Lagan and officers Louis Bisciotti and Daniel Kalinowski arrived on scene and found two Good Samaritans performing CPR on the child, police said. They took over until medical personnel arrived on scene, police said. The child was taken to a loc…

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by Sam Barron