Slow FDNY response times spur 80% death rate for NYC cardiac arrests
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Slow FDNY response times spur 80% death rate for NYC cardiac arrests

ByNews Polite

Four out of five New Yorkers who go into cardiac arrest die as the FDNY’s response times to medical emergencies continue to soar. City firefighters and medics revived just 20% of all cardiac-arrest patients during the fiscal year ending June 30, the worst success rate since the FDNY began documenting…

Stricken partner of FDNY EMT Yadira Arroyo recalls how tragic day unfolded
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Stricken partner of FDNY EMT Yadira Arroyo recalls how tragic day unfolded

ByNews Polite

The stricken former partner of slain EMT Yadira Arroyo described in Bronx court Tuesday how a routine day suddenly turned tragic when a deranged man hijacked their ambulance. Monique Williams recalled to jurors in painful detail how she and Arroyo, a beloved 44-year-old mom of five, were driving to a…