Bel Air, MD
Business
7-Year-Old Boy Wakes Up Family As Fire Rips Through Bel Air Apartment Above Local Shop 7-Year-Old Boy Wakes Up Family As Fire Rips Through Bel Air Apartment Above Local Shop
7-Year-Old Boy Wakes Up Family As Fire Rips Through Bel Air Apartment Above Local Shop A Harford County mother and her two children narrowly escaped an apartment fire early Friday morning, thanks to the quick actions of her 7-year-old son, authorities said. The fire broke out shortly before 12:15 a.m. on Feb. 14 in a two-story building on Conowingo Road in Bel Air, with Olivia’s Shop on the first floor and an apartment above it, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office. Investigators said the fire originated in a bedroom and was sparked when a space heater came into contact with combustibles. The apartment’s occupant was asleep when her 7-year-old son woke her u…

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by Zak Failla
Smithtown, NY
Police & Fire
Jogger Spends Half Hour Stuck In Chest-High Mud After Trying To Rescue Dog In Smithtown Jogger Spends Half Hour Stuck In Chest-High Mud After Trying To Rescue Dog In Smithtown
Jogger Spends Half Hour Stuck In Chest-High Mud After Trying To Rescue Dog In Smithtown A jogger was rescued from a mud pit after he got stuck while trying to rescue his dog at a Long Island park. The incident occurred in Smithtown, in the former lake at Blydenburgh County Park, shortly after noon Thursday, Jan. 30. A man called 911 shortly after noon saying he was lost in the park and stuck in chest-high mud in the former lake, Suffolk County Police said. He told dispatchers that his dog had wandered onto the mud and as he was trying to retrieve the animal, he began to sink. Multiple crews converged on the scene, and Aviation Section officers spotted the man roughly 30 minut…

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by Michael Mashburn
New Paltz-Gardiner, NY
News
Tree Co. Employee Falls 100 Feet Down Cavern, Lives To Tell Tale In Rosendale Tree Co. Employee Falls 100 Feet Down Cavern, Lives To Tell Tale In Rosendale
Tree Co. Employee Falls 100 Feet Down Cavern, Lives To Tell Tale In Rosendale A tree company employee was rescued after falling nearly 100 feet into a cavern in the Hudson Valley. The Ulster County incident happened in the town of Rosendale, off Hickory Bush Road, at around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29. A man who was working for a tree company clearing the area along the Central Hudson high voltage power lines was struck by a falling limb and swept into the cavern, Rosendale Police said. Two of his co-workers repelled down behind the man and located him roughly 100 feet inside the natural cavern. They provided initial first-aid until multiple agencies, including t…

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by Michael Mashburn
Nyack-Valley Cottage, NY
Police & Fire
2 Pulled From Wrecked Car In Upper Nyack 2 Pulled From Wrecked Car In Upper Nyack
2 Pulled From Wrecked Car In Upper Nyack Two people were rescued after a vehicle slammed into a pole in the Hudson Valley, leaving it tipped on its side.  The crash happened in Rockland County on Saturday, Jan. 25 just after 9:30 p.m., when a car hit a pole in Nyack on Old Mountain Road near North Midland Avenue, according to the Nyack Fire Department. Arriving fire crews pulled two trapped people from the wreck with help from the Central Nyack Fire Department.  The Nyack Community Ambulance Corps and Rockland Paramedic Services also helped treat those injured and transport them to hospitals.  The response to…

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by Ben Crnic
Bedminster, NJ
Police & Fire
Box Truck Overturns Into Woods Trapping Victim Along Route 287 (PHOTOS) Box Truck Overturns Into Woods Trapping Victim Along Route 287 (PHOTOS)
Box Truck Overturns Into Woods Trapping Victim Along Route 287 (Photos) A box truck overturned into the woods along Route 287 early Friday, Jan. 10, trapping one person inside of the vehicle, firefighters said (scroll down for photos). Firefighters responded to Route 287 South off of Route 78 West and found a box truck overturned with a person trapped inside, the Far Hills-Bedminster Fire Department said.  Firefighters worked to clear trees and extricate the driver, authorities said. This morning 29 Fire was dispatched to 287 South off the 78 West ramp for the MVC with entrapment. Arriving crews along... Posted by Far Hills-Bedminster Fire Depart…

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by Sam Barron
Gloucester Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Woman, Two Dogs Rescued After Being Submerged In Water: Gloucester PD Woman, Two Dogs Rescued After Being Submerged In Water: Gloucester PD
Woman, Two Dogs Rescued After Being Submerged In Water: Gloucester PD A woman and her two dogs were rescued after they became trapped in partially frozen water in Camden County on Sunday, Jan. 5, authorities said. At 1:45 p.m., officers and firefighters responded to Timber Creek Dog Park at 1701 Chews Landing Rd. in Blackwood and found the woman and her two dogs stuck in the water, Gloucester Township police said. First responders used specialized equipment to rescue the woman, who was approximately 35 feet from the shoreline and partially submerged in freezing water, police said. Medical treatment was initiated at the scene and the woman was transported…

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by Sam Barron
Islip, NY
Police & Fire
Sex Trafficked Teen Was Kept On Islip Yacht For Days, Dad Says After Arrest Made Sex Trafficked Teen Was Kept On Islip Yacht For Days, Dad Says After Arrest Made
Sex Trafficked Teen Was Kept On Islip Yacht For Days, Dad Says After Arrest Made An arrest has been made days after 14-year-old Emmarae Gervasi was rescued from a Long Island yacht after nearly a month missing, according to her father, who made the rescue, and local police. Emmarae "Emma" Gervasi was last seen on Terrell Street in Patchogue around 5 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 9. Her father, Frank Gervasi, found her on a boat named The Phoenix on Jan. 3, 26 days after her disappearance, thanks to an anonymous tip, he tells Daily Voice. “The phone call I received was that she was on a boat in Islip, which I didn’t want to believe at the time,” he said in a video shared to Faceb…

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by Cecilia Levine
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
Prosecutor IDs Man Killed In Glen Rock House Fire Prosecutor IDs Man Killed In Glen Rock House Fire
Prosecutor IDs Man Killed In Glen Rock House Fire Authorities have identified the victim of Sunday night, Jan. 5's fatal house fire in Glen Rock. Firefighters found 82-year-old Frederick Visser unconscious on the first floor of 15 Birchwood Road shortly after the 9:21 p.m. fire broke out, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. First responders began CPR at the scene before Visser was taken to The Valley Hospital. He was later pronounced dead, Musella said. The fire did not appear to be suspicious in nature, said Musella, who did not reveal a cause.

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by Cecilia Levine
Manchester, CT
News
Manchester Mom Dove Into Frozen Pond After Kids Fall Through Ice (UPDATE) Manchester Mom Dove Into Frozen Pond After Kids Fall Through Ice (UPDATE)
Manchester Mom Dove Into Frozen Pond After Kids Fall Through Ice (Update) New details have emerged in an incident on a frozen Connecticut pond that sent three family members and three first responders to the hospital on New Year's Eve. The 911 call came in around 2 p.m. after two children, ages 6 and 8, plunged into freezing water on a small pond about 200 yards from Hackmatack Street in Manchester, fire officials reported. The kids had been playing on the ice when it gave way, sending them into water six feet deep. Hearing their screams, the mother raced to the scene and jumped into the frigid water to save them. One child had gone under, while the other was sho…

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by Josh Lanier
Mastic-Shirley, NY
Police & Fire
'True Hero' Honored For Saving Jet Skier Who Fell Through Frozen Canal In Mastic Beach (VIDEO) 'True Hero' Honored For Saving Jet Skier Who Fell Through Frozen Canal In Mastic Beach (VIDEO)
'True Hero' Honored For Saving Jet Skier Who Fell Through Frozen Canal In Mastic Beach (Video) Local leaders formally honored a New York woman being hailed as a hero for rescuing a jet skier from a frozen canal. The dramatic rescue unfolded on Long Island's Poospatuck Creek in Mastic Beach, after a man found himself stuck and sinking in the icy water on Thursday, Dec. 26. Kayla Masotto spotted the struggling jet skier from her living room window and quickly sprang into action, walking onto the thin ice with her paddleboard to reach him, as Daily Voice reported. The canal had partially frozen over after overnight temperatures dipped into the low 20s. By the time she got to him, his …

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by Michael Mashburn
Montgomery-Walden, NY
Police & Fire
Overnight Fire Forces Evacuation Of Campbell Hall Nursing Home (PHOTOS) Overnight Fire Forces Evacuation Of Campbell Hall Nursing Home (PHOTOS)
Overnight Fire Forces Evacuation Of Campbell Hall Nursing Home (Photos) Dozens of elderly and disabled residents were evacuated in the middle of the night after a fire broke out at an Orange County nursing home overnight. The fire alarm sounded around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 29, alerting residents at the Campbell Hall Rehabilitation Center on Kienan Road to the smell of smoke, firefighters on the scene tell incident reporter Mark Lieb. Emergency responders from across Orange County quickly arrived to find thick, black smoke pouring from the first-floor recreation room. Three residents, trapped in neighboring rooms, were rescued by firefighters. The rest of th…

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by Cecilia Levine
Mastic-Shirley, NY
News
Good Samaritan Rescues Jet Skier On Frozen Mastic Canal (VIDEO) Good Samaritan Rescues Jet Skier On Frozen Mastic Canal (VIDEO)
Good Samaritan Rescues Jet Skier On Frozen Mastic Canal (Video) A New York woman is being hailed as a hero after rescuing a jet skier who became stranded on a frozen canal, sending him into frigid waters. The dramatic rescue unfolded on Thursday, Dec. 26, on Long Island's Poospatuck Creek in Mastic Beach, after a jet skier found himself stuck and sinking in the icy water. Kayla Masotto, a nearby resident, sprang into action after spotting the man struggling in the freezing canal. Video shared on Instagram shows Masotto walking out onto the thin ice with her paddleboard to reach the man, whose arms and legs had gone numb from the cold water. A second …

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by Michael Mashburn