Someone Swipes Hoboken Ambulance Equipment During Call: 'New Low'

HOBOKEN, NJ — Someone swiped a $3,000 stairchair from the Hoboken Volunteer Ambulance Corps on Monday after the squad had moved a patient from the chair a stretcher, according to the head of the squad.

Commenters on social media were horrified, with residents posting, "Shameful. A new low" and "This is the sorriest thing I've seen in a long while."

Regardless, the squad just wants its equipment back.

"At approximately 6 a.m. today the Hoboken Volunteer Ambulance Corps responded to a call at 915 Clinton St.," wrote Corp President Thomas Molta on Facebook. "They carried the patient down to the ambulance in a stairchair. They switched the patient to the stretcher and leaned the stairchair against the side door of the ambulance to load the patient into the ambulance. When they returned to get the stairchair it was gone. If you see it in the area (see photo) please contact me. This stairchair costs approximately $3000 and we would like to get it back."

The all-volunteer squad takes donations here and can be contacted here.

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