Homeless woman says she was trapped in van for 5 days by plowed snow
Updated Feb 05, 2021;
Posted Feb 05, 2021
A woman was finally rescued from her van after being trapped inside by snowplows five days earlier, she said.Newark Police Department
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A homeless woman was finally rescued from her van Thursday morning in Newark, N.J., after being trapped inside by snowplows for five days, she told News 12 Jersey.
“When I woke up around 11 o’clock or 12 o’clock at night, I saw I was plowed in and snow everywhere,” the woman told the outlet. “I was blowing the horn to tell them I was in here. But they didn’t get the message, so I’ve been in here ever since.”
Newark, New Jersey firefighters rescued a 77-year-old woman who was trapped inside her car, in which she lives, during the snowstorm that hit the Northeast this week.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio PJ and Lois Connor loved other people as much as they loved each other.
“My dad never met a stranger in his life,” said Patrick Connor, their son who is the chief of the Newark Fire Department.
“Their faith was really important to them,” added Mary Mazik, one of two daughters.
The Connors were married for 52 years. Their adult children said they traveled the world and got to do a lot of things in their lifetime, together.
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A second alarm was immediately called and firefighters found a man who was unconscious just beyond the front door.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Another man was rescued from the building s roof.
One firefighter suffered an ankle injury and is being evaluated by EMS.
Officials say the fire was placed under control at 9:06 p.m.
Detectives are investigating the cause of the fire.
Santa couldn’t go inside, but that didn’t stop him from visiting kids at N.J. hospital
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
Santa Claus is not allowed inside hospitals due to coronavirus rules, so he did the next best thing on Monday with a big boost from the Newark Fire Department.
At noon, Santa was hoisted up by a Newark Fire Department ladder truck to see pediatric patients from outside their windows at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of New Jersey.
St. Nicholas was joined by former New Jersey Devils players Bruce Driver and Grant Marshall as well as the National Hockey League team’s mascot as he lifted the patients’ spirits during the holiday season.