Three Port Authority police officers revived a 78-year-old man who stopped breathing and had no pulse at Newark Liberty International Airport late Thursday, officials said. Officers were on patrol in Terminal A when they found the Woodbridge resident unresponsive, according to department spokesman Joe Pentangelo. The police administered three shocks with a defibrillator, but the man remained unresponsive. Read More
One person was killed and two others hurt early Monday when a tractor trailer operated by an alleged drunken driver slammed into their car near the George Washington Bridge and fled, officials said. The accident happened around 2:20 a.m. on an approach to the bridge near West 180th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, the FDNY said. Read More
Cops stopped a distraught New Jersey woman from taking her life on the George Washington Bridge on Sunday, law enforcement sources said. Members of the Port Authority Walkway Patrol found the misty-eyed woman, 38, oddly dressed for the chilly weather along the bridge’s pedestrian walkway around 5:30 p.m., sources said. Read More
A Queens man stood charged Friday with stealing $30,000 in luggage and valuables from singer John Legend at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown alleged that Legend was returning to New York from France when Augustin Hilario, 63, of Corona, took a Louis Vuitton carry-on bag that belonged to Legend from a luggage cart where it had been left momentarily unattended. Read More
A 24-year-old Long Island man flying to Florida on his way to drug rehab overdosed on the plane, forcing an emergency return to a Kennedy Airport terminal, officials said Thursday. The victim, a resident of Bethpage, overdosed on heroin and anxiety pills on the plane about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. Read More
Port Authority Police Officer Dana Fuller was on patrol at the Lincoln Tunnel in December 2015 when the Hoboken Police Department called requesting assistance with a car accident involving a deaf person. The Hoboken officers had been met with silence, but Fuller’s arrival put the victim at ease and helped defuse the situation, because the two men shared the same language — Signing. Read More
