Month: November 2018

Bridgeport News: Man Dies After Hitting Arena At Harbor Yard

2:16pm–#Bridgeport CT– A man has lost his life in an accident that damaged the Arena At Harbor Yard when his car struck the building and rolling over a number of times. It appears the man was traveling south on Main Street, jumped the curb, hit arena’s outside wall and then rolled a number of times, coming to a stop in front of the box office. The man was pinned underneath the car outside of the vehicle. The car had caught fire, firefighters quickly extinguished the fire and extricated the man but he had died from his injuries at the scene according to first responders. Expect delays in the area as the accident recreation team will be investigating.

Comfort Critters

Comfort critters is a program developed by  Kevin Burwell, an EMT with American Medical Rescue.  EMT Burwell launched the program with the support of AMR General Manager Bill Scheitenger   The program seeks to provide new or like new stuffed animals to children who are experiencing a medical emergency or are witnessing a medical emergency of a family member.  Burwell said, “in my twenty plus years of experience and the numerous calls I have done involving children I felt that more could be done to help them cope with the emotional trauma surrounding medical emergencies, and provide some comfort in their time of need”.

So far the program has been a great success and they hope to keep It going and possibly expand it to include other AMR divisions within the state.  However we need your support. If you feel like making a donation of small to medium sized new or like new stuffed animals without batteries and that can fit in a gallon size zip lock bag.  Please contact us at operationcomfortcritters@gmail.com  The can also be dropped off at AMR’s headquarters located at 335 Connecticut Avenue in Bridgeport.

 

How about some likes for Kevin and the EMT’s at AMR.  Special thanks to BMW of Bridgeport who made this good news story possible!

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