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Greenwich, CT
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High School Resource Officer Stops Runaway Vehicle With Two Inside
A school resource officer saved two people when a vehicle began rolling downhill into traffic without a driver behind the wheel. The incident took place during the afternoon on Monday, Dec. 16, at Harding High School, as a flood of students filled the sidewalks and crosswalks in the area of Boston Avenue on their way home, said Terron Jones, spokesman for the Bridgeport Police. During the rush, Resource Officer Carlos Carmo Jr. saw that an SUV parked on Boston Avenue facing east, was rolling down the hill slowly and makings its way into moving traffic and was heading towards a bar…
DV Plus - Fairfield, CT
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Since Losing Son At Sandy Hook Mom Spreads His Nurturing, Healing Love Message
In his final moments, Scarlett Lewis's son Jesse was a hero who saved children before losing his life. For Lewis who founded the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement, her son is remembered on this seventh anniversary of Sandy Hook, not for his murder, but for the message he brought to the world of Nurturing Healing Love. The words were found written on a kitchen chalkboard by Jesse's mother sometime after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on Dec. 14, 2012. Saturday is the seventh anniversary of the murders of 20 first-grade students and six staff members. The gunman first killed his mo…
Newark, NJ
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: Newark Police Pull Suicidal 13-Year-Old From Fire Escape
Two police officers from Newark are being hailed as heroes after they stopped a 13-year-old boy from jumping off a third story fire escape at a treatment facility, police said. “I commend Sgt. [Antonio] Barbosa and Officer [Shaquille] Johnson for taking the initiative to immediately devise a plan of action that saved this boy’s life,” Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said. Preservation of a life is always our goal, but it’s clear that these officers exercised exceptional compassion and the care needed to ensure that this frightening scenario had a positive ending.” Newark Pub…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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Madison Police Officers Honored For Heroic Suicide Save
Three Madison police officers knew they had to think fast when responding to a female juvenile attempting to jump off the Union Hill train bridge. Chatham Borough officers engaged her in conversation, holding her attention, as Madison Sgt. James Cavezza and officers Christopher Burans and Travis Daniel approached her from behind. They grabbed the girl by her waist and pulled her to safety, risking their own lives nearly 80 feet above the live wires on the tracks below. The officers were recognized for the heroic incident last August at the Morris County 200 Club Awards Night
Mount Pleasant, NY
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Cop Honored For Saving 5-Year-Old From Attack By Rabid Coyote In Westchester
A police officer from the area received a prestigious honor after coming to the rescue of a 5-year-old girl being attacked by a rabid coyote. The Pittsburgh-based Carnegie Hero Fund Commission announced that Irvington police officer Arcangelo Liberatore was one of 19 people being celebrated with the Carnegie Medals of Heroism. In April last year, Liberatore was off-duty at a playground in Thornwood when he heard 5-year-old Natalia Petrellese screaming and saw the animal attacking. Liberatore was able to get the animal to release its grip on the child and managed to pin it to the ground whil…
Norwalk, CT
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Two Cited For Heroic Actions In Rescuing Would-Be Bridge Jumper In Norwalk
The Norwalk Police Commission has awarded two local residents for their heroic actions. Juan Garcia and Donald Remson received a Civilian Recognition Award on Monday, Dec. 17 for the actions they displayed in an incident earlier in the month. On Saturday, Dec. 8, Garcia witnessed a woman attempting to jump off Stroffolino Bridge. He exited his vehicle while telling his daughter, who was with him at the time, to call 911. Garcia then grabbed the woman as she was climbing over the bridge’s railing. Garcia was able to grab the woman but unable to help her back over the railing and to safety. …
Ridgefield, CT
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Woman Rescued From Burning Car On I-95
Quick action by two witnesses to a car crash saved a Norwalk woman's life after she experienced a medical emergency on I-95. The incident took place around noon Wednesday when both Bridgeport resident Frederico Davis and Connecticut Conservation Police Officer John Hey witnessed a two-car motor vehicle accident in the area of the Black Rock Turnpike overpass, said officials with the Fairfield Fire Department. As a result of the crash, one of the vehicle's began filling with smoke as it burned. Davis and Hey jumped into action and removed the semi-conscious driver from the vehicle before lif…
Armonk, NY
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Hero Civilians Aid Rollover Victim From Westchester
Not all heroes wear uniforms: Three people on Monday morning sported winter coats, along with gashes on their fingertips after coming to the aid of a driver from Westchester. The trio of strangers -- William Tiernan, Paul Delmonico and Darwin Bolo -- were outside a 7-Eleven in an Paramus, NJ strip mall across from the Fashion Center when Tiernen spotted a car across the roadway barreling through snowbanks just before 11:30 a.m. He called for help and ran toward the car. Delmonico and Bolo, hearing his cries, saw the car speed down a hill, briefly go airborne and land in the parking lot beh…
Paramus, NJ
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Hero Civilians Aid Paramus Rollover Victim
PARAMUS, N.J. — Not all heroes wear uniforms: Three in Paramus on Monday morning sported winter coats, along with gashes on their fingertips. The trio of strangers -- William Tiernan, Paul Delmonico and U.S. Airman Darwin Polo -- were outside a 7-Eleven in an East Ridgewood Avenue strip mall across from the Fashion Center when Tiernen spotted a car across the roadway barreling through snowbanks just before 11:30 a.m. He called for help and ran toward the car. Delmonico and Polo, hearing his cries, saw the car speed down a hill, briefly go airborne and land in the parking lot behind the Fas…
