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Off-Duty Firefighter Rescues Children After Boat Capsizes in Alvarado

Police credit a nearby off-duty firefighter with entering the water and resuscitating two unresponsive children before emergency crews took over.

Trooper on Ayotte’s Detail Rescues Driver From Burning EV at Bedford Toll Plaza

Retired NYPD Officer Rescues Woman and 5-Month-Old From East River in Queens