Crime & Safety
Authorities Make Narcan/CPR Save At George Washington Bridge
A Port Authority TBA makes his second CPR save, authorities say.

Police officers and Tunnel/Bridge agents at the George Washington Bridge resuscitated an unconscious man using CPR and Narcan on Sunday.
According to authorities, agents from the George Washington Bridge Emergency garage responded to post 7 on the bridge’s lower level on a report of an unconscious male who had reportedly overdosed on heroin.
On arrival, emergency responders found officers from the Fort Lee Police Department in the process of performing CPR. After emergency responders offered assistance and took over CPR duties, the Fort Lee police officers were able to administer several doses of Narcan.
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A Fort Lee ambulance crew then transported the man to Englewood Hospital, where he is in stable condition, according to a spokesman from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Sunday’s rescue was Tunnel and Bridge Agent James Gorgia’s second CPR save, authorities stated.
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