Fairfield News: Good Samaritans & First Responders Help Victim
GOOD SAMARITANS and first responders HELP FALLEN BICYCLYST FAIRFIELD, CT, March 10, 2016: At 12:15 on Wednesday afternoon, March 9th, Fairfield’s Emergency Communications Center (ECC) received a call reporting a bicyclist down on the side of the road at the intersection of Black Rock Turnpike and North Street. The cyclist, described by callers as a man in his fifties, appeared to be experiencing medical difficulty. Fairfield Fire and Police units and AMR were dispatched to the scene. According to the report filed by Fire Lt. Jay Swindon; “Upon arrival of Engine 5, Christine Finerty, an off duty nurse, Michael Labella, and Chris Arnold were performing CPR to the patient who had no pulse.” Fire fighters took over patient…

