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Red Hook Police Officer Rescues Overdose Victim Red Hook Police Officer Rescues Overdose Victim
Red Hook Police Officer Rescues Overdose Victim A Red Hook police officer will be honored with a Life-Saving Award after reviving a Columbia County man who was overdosing in a car. The incident took place on Saturday, June 1, when Red Hook Officer James Simmons responded to a call on Route 9/Fraleigh Lane in the Town of Red Hook for an unconscious male slumped over the steering wheel not breathing, the department said on Facebook. Simmons, also a firefighter with the Tivoli Fire Department, sat the man up and saw that he was turning purple not breathing.  With the assistance of the Milan Fire Department Chief Kurt Mitzger, they too…

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by Kathy Reakes