New York Success Stories

January 13, 2002

This Time a Boy Survives Efforts of Northport couple who lost son help to save a life

PUBLICATION: Newsday BY: Samuel Bruchey. STAFF WRITER January 13, 2002 – They were two boys from Northport and Smithtown, teenage strangers bound by a single tragic […]

November 11, 2002

Public Access Defibrillator programs make life-saving difference

The NCAA News — November 11, 2002 Supplement to The NCAA News — Health and Safety Newsletter BY ROCHEL RITTGERS AUGUSTANA COLLEGE (ILLINOIS) Gerry Bram, an […]

November 17, 2002

Defibrillator at Game Saves LI Man’s Life

By Tom Rock and Daphne Sashin STAFF WRITERS November 17, 2002 A Bay Shore man’s life was saved last night after he had a heart attack […]

November 18, 2002

Device Pays Off Again Defibrillator helps save life of Brightwaters man at ballgame

By Erik Holm STAFF WRITER November 18, 2002 When his doctor walked into the emergency room a few hours after John Tierney’s heart stopped on Saturday […]

January 7, 2003

Defibrillator saves Somers man in a supermarket

Tuesday January 07, 2003 (Mahopac, New York-AP) — A Somers man was saved by a police officer using a defibrillator after the man collapsed in a […]