CIVILIAN GOLD MEDAL AWARD
JAMES RICHARDS • ROBERT WOLF, JR.
BERKELEY HEIGHTS LOCAL 144
Lifesaving roadside assistance
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68
NEW JERSEY COPS
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DECEMBER 2015
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While on the road during their April 14 shift with PSE&G, employees James Richards and Robert Wolf, Jr. encountered a sight that
caused them to immediately pull over – a distraught woman on the
side of the road, yelling for help.
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= the= van and
The men
found a 13-year-old
girl =with= spinal
atrophy,=a genetic
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= muscular
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The
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=muscle
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was unresponsive and not breathing.
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= Richards
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Without
hesitation,
2015
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= lifted the girl= and her
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= =ventilator from
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van.
the
had
Valo
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=Richards
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AWARDS
and Wolf performed CPR and found a power source
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