Madison Woman Given 'Mayor's Hero Award' After Saving Stranger's Life

MADISON, NJ — A Madison resident was recently recognized at the Madison Borough Mayor and Council meeting for her efforts in saving the life of a stranger.

While driving into town on an early June morning, Anne Berger passed a man jogging along the roadside. Not long after, Berger, a cardiac nurse, decided to turn her car back around after sensing that something "did not look right."

Berger then discovered that the jogger she had previously seen had collapsed and gone into cardiac arrest. When she arrived on the scene, she immediately began attempting to revive the jogger, Philip Deane, until paramedics arrived, according to Mayor Bob Conley.

"Philip Deane, you are here today because of Anne's heroic effort and that of others. The importance is not only of being certified but being a good samaritan and acting on it," Conley said.

Berger was presented with the 'Mayor's Hero Award' for her quick medical intervention and for saving another resident's life.

"I'm speechless. We have both been in contact since he got out of the hospital… I hope this is the start to a very long friendship," Berger said.