NYPD heroes save man's life

On Saturday there was nothing but praise and gratitude for six officers from Midtown North. They saved a man's life after he went into cardiac arrest.

"These officers saved my father's life, it's nothing short of a miracle," says Chrstine Yoken.

The man did not have a pulse, and his chest rose.

"Instantly I remembered what they taught us at the Academy and started chest compressions and CPR," said Officer Robert Pepe.

Just before 8 p.m. Friday night, Ron Gargalowitz, 83, his wife and their entire family were on West 45th Street to celebrate the couple's 60th wedding anniversary, when Gargalowitz collapsed.

Good Samaritans flagged down a passing patrol car and the officers raced into action.

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