Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
News
Almost One Year After Cardiac Episode, Morris County Man Saved By Police Makes Full Recovery Almost One Year After Cardiac Episode, Morris County Man Saved By Police Makes Full Recovery
Almost One Year After Cardiac Episode, Morris County Man Saved By Police Makes Full Recovery A Morris County man had a surreal experience when he met the same pair of officers who saved his life during a cardiac episode — nearly a full year after the rescue. Washington Township Police Cpl. Tom Falleni and PO Kevin Barnes used CPR to revive the man — identified only as “Mr. Echols” — after he went into cardiac arrest on June 11, 2020, the department said. Echols was then taken to Benedict A. Cucinella School on Naughright Road and flown to Morristown Medical Center, where he received additional treatment and eventually made a full recovery, the officers said. Echols met the same of…

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by Valerie Musson
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
HEROES: Body Cam Footage Shows Newark Officers Reviving Unresponsive Driver (VIDEO) HEROES: Body Cam Footage Shows Newark Officers Reviving Unresponsive Driver (VIDEO)
Heroes: Body Cam Footage Shows Newark Officers Reviving Unresponsive Driver (Video) Body cam footage captured the suspenseful moments in which a Newark police officer performed CPR on an unresponsive driver -- ultimately saving him. The victim was hunched over his wheel with no pulse and was not breathing on the 200 block of North 12 St. around 1:15 p.m. Friday, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. Seventh Precinct Police Officers Gerard Conzentino and Justin Corio rushed to the scene and immediately began performing CPR. Witnesses told the officers that the man apparently passed out while driving. Corio applied a sternum rub before he and Conzentino …

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by Cecilia Levine
Newark, NJ
News
Dr. Oz Helps Port Authority PD Resuscitate Stricken Traveler At Newark Airport Dr. Oz Helps Port Authority PD Resuscitate Stricken Traveler At Newark Airport
Dr. Oz Helps Port Authority PD Resuscitate Stricken Traveler At Newark Airport Celebrity physician Dr. Oz helped Port Authority police resuscitate a stricken traveler at Newark Airport, authorities said. PAPD Officer Jeffrey Croissant saw the 60-year-old New Jersey man go down in the Terminal A baggage claim area shortly after 11 p.m. Monday, authority spokeswoman Lenis Valens said. He "looked like a tree falling," the officer said. Croissant rushed over and found the man wasn’t breathing and didn’t have a pulse, Valens said. The officer summoned backup, began CPR and was joined by Mehmet Oz, who’d just gotten off the flight and was at the carousel when he saw the c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
HOMICIDE: 1-Year-Old Chester Girl Beaten To Death, Authorities Say HOMICIDE: 1-Year-Old Chester Girl Beaten To Death, Authorities Say
Homicide: 1-Year-Old Chester Girl Beaten To Death, Authorities Say The death of a 1-year-old Chester girl has been ruled a homicide, CBSN Philly reports. Local police were called to the 900 block of Pine Lane for a report of a 1-year-old in cardiac arrest, Fox29 reports. When police arrived on the scene, they found Li'Aziah Thomas' mother performing CPR on the girl, the news outlet reports. Paramedics from Crozer Chester Medical Center treated the child who later died at the scene. The Delaware County Medical Examiner’s Office found that that the manner of death was blunt-force trauma and severe blood loss, and ruled the case a homicide, according t…

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by Nicole Acosta
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
News
‘Second Chance At Life:’ Police Revive Unconscious Man In Cardiac Arrest At Morris County HS ‘Second Chance At Life:’ Police Revive Unconscious Man In Cardiac Arrest At Morris County HS
‘Second Chance At Life:’ Police Revive Unconscious Man In Cardiac Arrest At Morris County HS Police in Morris County were at the scene “within seconds” to save the life of a man who went into cardiac arrest at a local high school last week, authorities said. Madison Police received a report that a 50-year-old resident had lost consciousness while playing tennis at the high school just before 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 8, authorities said. Patrolman Michael Clancy responded “within seconds” and began administering CPR on the man, who was not breathing and did not have a pulse, Madison police said. Patrolman Nelson Jimenez and the Madison Ambulance Corps responded a short time later and assi…

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by Valerie Musson
Jersey City, NJ
News
North Jersey Mom Left Brain Damaged After C-Section, Family Piecing Together What Went Wrong North Jersey Mom Left Brain Damaged After C-Section, Family Piecing Together What Went Wrong
North Jersey Mom Left Brain Damaged After C-Section, Family Piecing Together What Went Wrong Estefania Mesa was cheerful and excited to deliver her first baby as she was wheeled in for an emergency C-section at Hoboken University Medical Center on July 20. But that joyful moment never came for 28-year-old Mesa, who went into cardiac arrest on the operating table, causing a severe lack of oxygen to her brain for nearly nine minutes, family and friends told Daily Voice. The North Bergen mom has been in a vegetative state ever since, and her loved ones are struggling to understand where things went wrong. Despite a court order to release medical records from Mesa's procedure, Hoboke…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lakewood, NJ
Police & Fire
HEROES: First Responders Saved Jersey Shore Man From Near-Fatal Heart Attack HEROES: First Responders Saved Jersey Shore Man From Near-Fatal Heart Attack
Heroes: First Responders Saved Jersey Shore Man From Near-Fatal Heart Attack In what could have been a fatal heart attack, a 63-year-old Brick resident is recovering and regaining his strength this holiday season thanks to the fast action and competency of Brick Township police and EMTs. On Halloween at about 11 a..m., Joe Holler was mowing his lawn when he began to feel weak. After a few moments, the pain and weakness worsened, so Holler, concerned he might be having a heart attack, went inside and took a baby aspirin. Holler's wife called 9-1-1, and Brick Township EMTs Joseph Sharkey and Brian Schwarz arrived within six minutes. Brick Patrolman Daniel F…

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by Jon Craig
Springfield, MA
Obituaries
CT Native Who Died In Labor Survived By Baby, 'Soulmate' Husband CT Native Who Died In Labor Survived By Baby, 'Soulmate' Husband
CT Native Who Died In Labor Survived By Baby, 'Soulmate' Husband What should have been the happiest day for the a Jersey City family welcoming their baby girl turned out to be the most tragic. Melinda Segunda Pritchett, 37 -- originally of New London, CT -- went in for a routine induction on Friday, Sept. 4, but required an emergency C-section due to a fetal heart rate complication, a GoFundMe page says. Just after her baby girl was born, Melinda went into cardiac arrest. And, after hours of trying to save her, the new mom passed away. Surviving her is her daughter, Adelina Joy Maribel, and her husband -- whom friends describe as her soulmate -- Jo…

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by Cecilia Levine
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Off-Duty Police Officer Rescues Man In Cardiac Arrest On Long Island Off-Duty Police Officer Rescues Man In Cardiac Arrest On Long Island
Off-Duty Police Officer Rescues Man In Cardiac Arrest On Long Island An off-duty officer and other responding cops rescued a man who suffered cardiac arrest on Long Island. Off-duty Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau officer Michael Mason was walking through Port Jefferson Village with his wife around 3:45 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15 when he observed a 62-year-old man collapse and become unconscious at 200 East Broadway in Port Jefferson.  Mason immediately called 911 and began CPR. Sixth Precinct Patrol officers Christopher Sakowsky and Angelica Nebel responded and continued to administer CPR. Sakowsky applied the defibrillator and administered …

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by Joe Lombardi
Lyndhurst, NJ
Police & Fire
HEROES: Lyndhurst Police Save Another Cardiac Victim HEROES: Lyndhurst Police Save Another Cardiac Victim
Heroes: Lyndhurst Police Save Another Cardiac Victim A 62-year-old Lyndhurst man lay lifeless on his front lawn Thursday night when a township police officer arrived and immediately began administering CPR. Officer Thomas McSweeney was the first responder at the Stuyvesant Avenue home, where he was quickly joined by Detectives Geoff Rejent and William Kapp. “Together they continued lifesaving measures and administered a shock from a defibrillator,” Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said Friday. “As a result of their efforts they were able to resuscitate him.” Lyndhurst EMTs Charles Robert Pelle and Kenan Tepeli continued to render aid to the vict…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Police & Fire
HEROES: Lyndhurst Police Sergeant, Colleagues Save Life Of Stricken School Contractor HEROES: Lyndhurst Police Sergeant, Colleagues Save Life Of Stricken School Contractor
Heroes: Lyndhurst Police Sergeant, Colleagues Save Life Of Stricken School Contractor A police sergeant who knows Lyndhurst High School like the back of his hand quickly got to a contractor who’d gone into cardiac arrest, saving the man’s life. Sgt. Steven Passamano was the first responder in the remote room after the 49-year-old victim began going in and out of consciousness and eventually went limp, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Passamano, who has been a school resource officer for several years, “was able to quickly locate the victim thanks to his intimate knowledge of the building,” Auteri said. The sergeant immediately began CPR, he said. School staff member Bria…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Brentwood, NY
News
One Dead After Nine Swimmers Pulled From Ocean Off Long Island Coast One Dead After Nine Swimmers Pulled From Ocean Off Long Island Coast
One Dead After Nine Swimmers Pulled From Ocean Off Long Island Coast One person died and eight others were rescued after being pulled from the ocean off a beach on Long Island. The City of Long Beach Fire Department was alerted for a water rescue shortly before 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 9 at Monroe Boulevard and the Ocean Beach Park, where swimmers were reportedly in distress. Fire officials said that first responders and lifeguards found a total of 10 people that needed to be rescued both in the water and stranded on a jetty. Lifeguards, surfers, and firefighters pulled all of the individuals from the water and jetty, with one victim in cardiac arrest. Fi…

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by Zak Failla