NJ Cops, Citizen Team Up To Save Life At PATH Station

Port Authority police and an evening commuter teamed up to help save the life of a “man down” in the Pavonia/Newport PATH station in Jersey City on Thursday.

According to authorities, the incident took place around 4:35 p.m., when two Port Authority police officers assigned to heightened security posts responded to a call of a “man down” and in need of assistance call on Platform A.

On arrival, the officers saw a civilian starting CPR on an unresponsive, 86-year-old male. At that point, the officers retrieved a defibrillator and proceeded to take over CPR, authorities stated.

The officers deployed the defibrillator, and after a shock the victim regained his pulse and began breathing on his own, authorities said.

Emergency responders arrived on the scene soon afterwards and transported the man to Jersey City Medical Center for evaluation. When departing for the hospital, EMS personnel stated that the man had good vital signs, according to authorities.

Last month, Jersey City officials touted the rollout of a new municipal emergency response program dubbed United Rescue that hopes to mobilize exactly the sort of citizen-responder cooperation that apparently may have helped to have the life of a PATH rider on Thursday.

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