A letter from Donna Buscio
Dear Friends,
More than 14 years ago, I initiated the “A
Gift from Captain Buscio” Program in honor
and memory of my late husband, Captain
Dominick Buscio, who suffered a sudden, fatal
heart attack at 39 years old. Since then, I have
come to learn that heart attacks are the largest
single killer of firefighters.
In order to help prevent other families from
going through what my family experienced,
we instituted this program which provides a
comprehensive cardiac screening for firefighters, police officers and first responders
throughout the state. Since then, thousands of
our State’s heroes have been screened, and
hundreds of lives have been saved when
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