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Mercer
Police & Fire
Video Shows Choking Child Saved By NJ Transit Officers In Trenton
Two New Jersey Transit Police officers saved a choking boy in Trenton earlier this month, authorities said. They released this video on X, formerly known as Twitter, of the April 16 rescue on Wednesday, April 30. At 9:44 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16 the officers are shown beginning the rescue. They performed life-saving CPR to save the child, authorities said. In the video, a woman can be heard yelling, "Oh my God," as an officer thumps on the boy's body. During the ambulance ride, the boy begins to breathe again. An officer can be heard saying, "Hey buddy. Stay with me, OK? He's…
Monmouth
News
Holmdel's 'The Situation' Stays Calm While Saving Choking Son In Ring Video Captured
Reality television star. Recovering addict. Dad. Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino shared Ring footage of a scary moment at the family dinner table in Holmdel. The MTV "Jersey Shore" star sprung into action when he noticed his 2-year-old son Romeo choking on his favorite pasta dish, pesto gnocchi, in a clip she shared to Instagram Saturday morning, Feb. 3. Footage shows the child hunched over in his seat at the table and in seconds, his parents realize what's happening. Sorrentino pulls his son from his chair and smacks him on the back until the food becomes dislodged. The child soon cries …
Mt. Kisco
Police & Fire
Officers Save Life Of Man Found Foaming At Mouth In Mount Kisco Business
Thanks to quick action from officers, the life of a man who was found foaming at the mouth at a Northern Westchester business was saved. The harrowing incident began during the week of Monday, Jan. 22 at a business in Mount Kisco on Hubbels Drive, when officers found a 58-year-old man in cardiac arrest lying on the ground and foaming at the mouth, the Westchester County Police Department announced on Tuesday, Jan. 30. Although a civilian at the business had already performed some chest compressions, police found that the man was unresponsive with no pulse, and Officers …
Mt. Kisco
Police & Fire
Officer Saves Unresponsive Baby At Mount Kisco Home: 'Every Second Counted'
Thanks to quick and skillful action, an officer was able to save the life of a baby who had become unresponsive at a Northern Westchester residence. The incident began at around 1:50 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 18, when a Mount Kisco family reported that their 1-year-old child was non-responsive and not breathing, according to Westchester County Police. Soon after this, police arrived at the residence, the exact location of which was not released, and Officer Stephen Samuel took the baby from her relatives to begin CPR. Additionally, Samuel also turned the baby over and administered several back…
Norfolk
Obituaries
'Funniest Person In World': 70-Year-Old Man Dies Near Wellesley College
A 70-year-old died while walking near Wellesley College on Wednesday morning, Dec. 27. Silas Logan was found unresponsive by officers who arrived at a slightly wooded area on Central Street near Weston Road shortly after 9 a.m., the Essex District Attorney’s Office told MassLive. A person who reported the incident was performing CPR when officers responded to the scene and took over lifesaving measures, Wellesley police said. The Wellesley fire department and paramedics continued medical care, but Logan died on the scene, authorities said. Wellesley police, state police, and Wellesley Co…
Hudson
Police & Fire
Unresponsive Man At New Jersey LA Fitness Revived By Officers, Bystander: Secaucus PD
A quick-thinking bystander and three Secaucus police officers helped save a life at LA Fitness on Saturday, Dec. 16, police said. At 10:03 a.m., police responded to LA Fitness at 485 Harmon Meadow Boulevard on a report of an unresponsive male, who was not breathing, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Juan Germosen, a bystander, began performing CPR, Miller said. Police officer Christopher Boyko took over CPR and was assisted by officer Jonathan Padron, Miller said. While performing CPR, officer Justin Pardo utilized a defibrillator and administered two shocks to the man, and a…
Nassau
News
Man Chokes At Disability Center In Levittown, Is Saved By Quick Thinking: Police
A Long Island man at a disability center who turned blue after choking on his food was saved when a faculty member sprang into action. It happened on Monday, Nov. 27 in Levittown. At approximately 12:15 p.m., a 58-year-old man started to choke while he was eating food at the Adults and Children with Learning & Developmental Disabilities Center (ACLD), located at 2940-42 Hempstead Turnpike. Luckily, a 60-year-old employee, who has not been named, noticed the man had turned blue and began to perform CPR until authorities arrived. Using a Life Vac device, police were able to dislodge …
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights
Police & Fire
Death At Route 17 Holiday Inn: Cause Not Official Yet
All signs point to the death of a 56-year-old guest at a Holiday Inn off Route 17 as the result of a medical emergency, possibly a heart attack. But it’s not official yet. Hasbrouck Heights police were still awaiting the results of an autopsy by the Bergen County Medical Examiner’s Office. It began with a 911 call from the hotel for an ambulance at the Holiday Inn Hasbrouck Heights-Meadowlands shortly before 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20. CPR reportedly was in progress before the man in Room 203 was pronounced dead a short time later. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identifi…
Hampshire Franklin MA
Police & Fire
Off-duty Northampton Firefighter Saves Woman's Life After She Stopped Breathing
A firefighter is never off-duty. A Hampshire County firefighter proved that last week when he happened upon an unresponsive woman and was able to get her breathing again before paramedics could arrive, authorities said. Northampton Firefighter Pat Davis is being heralded as a hero after saving the woman on Sept. 26 at Cumberland Farms in Granby. Granby firefighters were called to the convenience store around 1 p.m. to reports of a woman who'd fallen unconscious and wasn't breathing, the department said on Facebook. Another call a few moments later said the woman was breat…
Ocean
News
Jersey Shore Hiker Collapses, Dies On Catskills Trail: Report
A hiker from New Jersey complaining of chest discomfort and breathing problems collapsed and died while hiking in the Catskills last weekend, officials said. The man was identified by the Times Union as Ravi K. Vegiraju, 50, of Morganville. The incident happened in Greene County in the hamlet of Lanesville around 8:50 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 16. According to officials with the Department of Conservation, the hiker collapsed on the Diamond Notch Trail in the Hunter-West Kill Wilderness Area. Members of Vegiraju's hiking group began CPR while another hiker called 911. Two nearby EMT…
Columbia Greene
News
50-Year-Old Dies While Hiking In Greene County
A hiker in the region complaining of chest discomfort and breathing problems collapsed and died, said the state Department of Conservation, The incident took place in Greene County in the hamlet of Lanesville around 8:50 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 16. According to officials with the Department of Conservation, the hiker collapsed on the Diamond Notch Trail in the Hunter-West Kill Wilderness Area. Members of the subject’s hiking party began CPR while another hiker called 911. Two nearby EMTs began assisting with CPR on the 50-year-old man from New Jersey. The CPR was unsuccessful, officia…
Bedford
Police & Fire
24-Year-Old Man Ejected, Critically Injured In Route 117 Crash In Bedford: Police
A serious crash left a 24-year-old man critically injured in Northern Westchester and also resulted in the arrest of an uninvolved person at the scene who allegedly impeded the investigation into the incident, police said. The crash happened on Sunday, Sept. 17 just before 5:20 p.m. in the area of Advance Auto Parts in Bedford at 794 North Bedford Rd. (Route 117), according to Bedford Police Lt. Jeffrey Gulick. According to Gulick, arriving officers found that a vehicle collided with a van from behind before coming to rest in the Advance Auto Parts parking lot. The driver…
Somerset
Police & Fire
Injured Man, 69, Found Lying On Somerset County Railroad Tracks: Police
A 69-year-old man was hospitalized after he was found injured on a set of railroad tracks in Somerset County early on Monday, Sept. 11, investigators say. A passerby found the Manville man lying on the tracks near North Street and North 14th Avenue and called police around 7 a.m., Manville Police Officer in Charge Lieutenant Craig Jeremiah said in a release. Responders, including EMTs and Paramedics from Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, administered CPR and provided medical treatment before taking the man to a local hospital for further treatment, Lt. Jeremiah said. The rails were closed…
Hampden
News
Chicopee Cop Welcomed Home 175 Days After Post ‘Battle Of The Badges’ Heart Attack
A Hampden County police officer who nearly died while being rushed to the hospital in the spring returned home to a hero's welcome over the weekend. Chicopee Officer Mark Wilkes called 911 on March 13 after complaining he wasn't feeling well. He'd competed in the annual Battle of the Badges between the Chicopee police and fire departments earlier that day but didn't feel right after returning home. Wilkes suffered a "serious medical event" in the ambulance, and paramedics had to perform CPR as they rushed him to the hospital, where Wilkes would remain for "175 long days." Officials later…
Ocean
Police & Fire
Heroes
: EMTs, Off-Duty Police Save Man's Life At LA Fitness In Toms River
Two EMTs and two off-duty police officers are credited with saving the life of a man at LA Fitness. On Sunday, Aug. 13, at approximately 3:50 p.m., Toms River police were dispatched to LA Fitness on Hooper Avenue for a reported medical emergency with CPR in progress. Upon police arrival, two off-duty EMTs Dylan Tortorelli and Josh Menack, who were working out at the time, were already performing CPR on a man who suffered sudden cardiac arrest while exercising; and two-off duty Toms River police officers, Alex Van Lew and Charlie Grainger, who were also in the gym a…
West Orange
Police & Fire
Off-Duty Firefighter, Driver Detail Revival Of Port Jervis Woman Ejected In Parkway Crash
An off-duty firefighter, nurse, and passing driver revived an Orange County woman ejected from a vehicle on the Garden State Parkway, sources tell Daily Voice. UPDATE: A 54-year-old Port Jervis woman driving a Chevrolet SUV veered off the roadway to the right and struck a guardrail, sending the vehicle into the roadway in front of a Chevrolet pickup truck near milepost 136.5 in Clark Township in Union County on Wednesday, Aug. 9, New Jersey State Police Trooper Charles Marchan said. The SUV driver was ejected and seriously injured, but things could've turned out differently if not for the o…
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock
Police & Fire
Hero
: Nurse Comes To Rescue Of Bicyclist, 69, Suffering Medical Emergency In Bergen Park
UPDATE: An off-duty nurse helped rescue a 69-year-old bicyclist who suffered an apparent medical emergency in a Bergen County park, authorities said. Jacqueline Polentarutti was conducting CPR when Glen Rock and Paramus police and Bergen County sheriff's officers arrived at the bike path in Saddle River County Park near the Paramus border last Wednesday, Aug. 2. Glen Rock Police Officers Matt Stanislao, Sam Evans and Andrew Magro brought a defibrillator that was used in an effort to revive the victim, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Members of the Paramus Rescue Squad drove the unconsci…
New London
Police & Fire
Man Found Unresponsive In Water At State Park In East Lyme Dies
A 78-year-old man who was found unresponsive in the water at a Connecticut state park later died. The incident took place in New London County around 1 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 6 at Rocky Neck State Park in East Lyme. Officials with the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection responded to the park of a man found in the water at the park, said Paul Copleman, a spokesman for DEEP. Rocky Neck lifeguards performed CPR on-scene before the man was transported by ambulance to Lawrence + Memorial Hospital in New London, where he was pronounced dead. An investigation is ongoing and an …
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock
Police & Fire
CPR, Defib, Gator Used For Victim Of Medical Episode In Saddle River County Park
An off-duty nurse helped save the life of a 69-year-old bicyclist who was knocked unconscious in a fall at a Bergen County park, authorities said. Jacqueline Polentarutti was conducting CPR when Glen Rock and Paramus police and Bergen County sheriff's officers arrived at the bike path in Saddle River County Park near the Paramus border last Wednesday, Aug. 2. Glen Rock Police Officers Matt Stanislao, Sam Evans and Andrew Magro brought a defibrillator that was used in an effort to revive the victim, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Members of the Paramus Rescue Squad drove the u…
Fairfax
News
Toddler Sedated After Choking On Cherry In Northern VA
Every parent's worst nightmare came true for one couple in Northern Virginia when a cherry became lodged in their toddler's throat, and they weren't able to get it out. Nikki Ing was outside with her husband and some of their children when her youngest son, Karter, 2, began choking on a defrosted, pitted, frozen cherry last week, she said on a GoFundMe campaign. They called 911 immediately and, despite their efforts to dislodge the cherry, it wouldn't budge. A minute later, Karter lost consciousness. The Ings and their neighbors began CPR until paramedics arrived and rushed Karter to the …
Arlington
Police & Fire
Near-Drowning Victims Airlifted After Being Pulled From DC Pool: Reports
Two near-drowning victims at a Washington DC pool were resuscitated by a CPR instructor who happened to be nearby and DC's first responders, according to various news reports. After the man and woman were pulled from the bottom of the deep end at the Theodore Hagans Pool around 5 p.m., Thursday, July 13, Jermaine Hunter got to work, as reported by WJLA. Hunter has 15 years of CPR instruction, he told the outlet. MPD officers, lifeguards and Hunter continued CPR until DC Fire and EMS arrived, who were able to resuscitate the victims, they confirmed. According to Fox5, the victims…
Stamford
Police & Fire
Police: Pair Of 'Heroes' Save Drowning Man At Stamford Beach
Two men are being called "heroes" after saving a drowning man at a Fairfield County beach. Carlos Manuel Escobar Bonilla and Luis Montano are credited with saving a man’s life at Cummings Beach in Stamford around 11 p.m., Monday, July 3, said the Stamford Police. According to police, Bonilla saw the unidentified man in the water was having trouble, so his friend Montano quickly took off his clothes and dove into the water to save the man. Montano was able to grab the drowning victim, who was now underwater about 20 yards out in the Long Island Sound. He pulled the victim to th…
South Passaic
Police & Fire
Drowning Boy, 9, Resuscitated After He's Pulled From Pool At Boys & Girls Club
A drowning 9-year-old boy was resuscitated by staff members after being pulled from the pool at the Boys & Girls Club of Clifton on Thursday, responders said. The Morris Plains youngster may have had a medical emergency shortly after 2:30 p.m. July 6, they said. "Staff noticed immediately, pulled the child from the pool and conducted CPR," Clifton Police Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The child then began breathing again, the lieutenant said. He was conscious and alert after being taken to St. Joseph's University Medical Center, Bracken said.
Essex NJ
Police & Fire
Drowning Child Rescued By Officer: Essex County Sheriff's Office
An Essex County Sheriff's Officer played the role of hero on Monday evening, June 19. At Branch Brook Park, a mother noticed her 4-year-old child was missing and notified a police officer, the Essex County Sheriff's Office said. Officers began a search of the area and eventually the mother found her child's scooter near the roadway adjacent to a lake by the boathouse, police said. The mother then saw her daughter was unresponsive and submerged in the lake, police said. The mother and officer jumped in to rescue the child and the officer began performing CPR, police said. The child was take…
Middlesex NJ
News
Life Without Woodbridge DPW Worker Struck By Lightning Is 'Unimaginable'
There's been an outpouring of support for a Woodbridge Department of Public Works employee struck by lightning this week. Eric Baumgartner survived the strike after a Woodbridge police officer performed life-saving CPR. Baumgartner was painting lines for the soccer field at Iselin Middle School on Wednesday, June 14, and didn't hear anything over the loud noise of the machine he was using when the lightning strike came down, a GoFundMe page says. Eric was unresponsive and had no pulse when Woodbridge Police Officer RJ McPartland revived him. In Eric’s words, "He thought he was dying …
Putnam
News
8-Year-Old In Cardiac Arrest Saved By First Responders In Carmel
An 8-year-old girl who went into cardiac arrest at a gymnastics facility in the Hudson Valley was saved thanks to quick action from police and first responders who knew exactly what to do. The rescue started in Putnam County on Saturday, May 20 just after 4:30 p.m., when Carmel Police, members of the Mahopac Volunteer Fire Department, and Ambulunz medic units were sent to a local gymnastics facility on a report of an 8-year-old girl not breathing, according to Lt. Michael Bodo. Once arriving at the scene, officers and first responders found that the girl was in cardiac arrest an…
Yonkers
Police & Fire
Suspect At Large: Double Shooting Leaves 19-Year-Old Dead In Yonkers
Authorities are searching for the suspect involved in a fatal double shooting in Westchester that killed a 19-year-old and left a second teenager injured. The incident happened on Wednesday, May 31 around 8:20 p.m. in Yonkers in the area of 55 Morris St., according to Yonkers Police. At that time, two victims in a black sedan were shot at through the car's driver's window. This resulted in a 19-year-old Yonkers man being hit at least two times, including once in the chest, and an 18-year-old Yonkers man being struck at least once in his leg. First responders soon arrived …
South Orange
Police & Fire
2-Year-Old Found Not Breathing In Woodbury Pool Survives Thanks To Police
A 2-year-old child is recovering at a hospital after being found not breathing in a Hudson Valley pool. The incident took place in Orange County around 12 p.m., Saturday, May 27 on Jones Drive in Woodbury. According to Det. Steve Roman, of the Woodbury Police, officers responded to the home after receiving a 911 call and along with members of the New York State Police worked to revive the child with CPR. As officers performed CPR, other police officers from across the region blocked exits on Route 17 in order for the child to be raced to Garnet Medical Center in Middletown for treatment, R…
Adams
News
Detoxing PA Inmate Dies 3 Days After Arrest: Authorities
A 60-year-old man going through a detox protocol died at the Allegheny County Jail on May 25, 2023, county officials say. The unnamed man was "brought in by a local police department on a bench warrant for retail theft for another county and booked on May 22," county officials explained in a release late on Thursday. A drug screen showed he had opiates, including fentanyl, cocaine, and other drugs in his system so the jail healthcare staff "initiated a detox protocol for him," the officials explained in the release. The man was found unresponsive in his cell around 4 p.m. Thurs…
Lyndhurst
Police & Fire
WHO IS HE? Unidentified Jogger Unresponsive After Collapsing At Lyndhurst Park
Authorities were trying to identify a jogger who collapsed Wednesday morning while running in a park in Lyndhurst. The jogger -- believed to be in his 50s to early 60s -- stopped and hunched over, then grabbed his chest and collapsed on the running track in Riverside County Park North around 9 a.m. May 3, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Police officer brothers Angel and Steven Batista and Detective Thomas McSweeney began CPR on the unresponsive victim, who Auteri said wasn't carrying any identification. They applied defibrillator shocks, the third of which revived him, the lieutenant sa…
Fairfax
Police & Fire
Police ID Teen Killer Wanted In Fredericksburg HS Student's Murder
Police have identified a 16-year-old boy who they say played a role in the killing of a Fredericksburg High School student. Lorenzo A Brooks acted along with Aaron Randolph Carter, 19, in the killing of 18-year-old Jasiah Smith on Sunday, March 26, Fredericksburg police said. Brooks has been charged with first-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Both he and Carter remain at large and are considered armed and dangerous. News Release: Fredericksburg Police Identify Juvenile Homicide Suspect Pursuant to VA Codes 16.2-301 and 16.1-301, the... Posted by Frede…
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