NJ Transit Police Officer, Marine Vet Faces Toughest Battle Yet: Cancer NJ Transit Police Officer, Marine Vet Faces Toughest Battle Yet: Cancer
NJ Transit Police Officer, Marine Vet Faces Toughest Battle Yet: Cancer A 51-year-old New Jersey Transit officer and US Marine veteran is facing one of his toughest battles yet: Cancer. A large tumor was found on Kevin Lenkowski's colon, requiring immediate surgery after a trip to the emergency room just before Thanksgiving, a GoFundMe campaign for him says. Doctors confirmed Lenkowski's worst fear was true. "Needless to say, this has been a life-changing event, not only for Kevin, but for his wife and two daughters who he is putting through college," said the campaign, founded by Dennis Wells. Lenkowski is a US Marine Corps veteran, with eight years of servic…
VIDEO: Atlantic City Police Help Deliver Baby Girl VIDEO: Atlantic City Police Help Deliver Baby Girl
Video: Atlantic City Police Help Deliver Baby Girl Whoa, baby! That's all one can say after this story. Spoiler alert: You can view the end result via the video linked above. On Saturday, Atlantic City Police Officers Auttika Taing and Justin Peyton were leaving AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Division, when a vehicle pulled behind them.  A frantic driver told the patrol officers that her friend needed immediate medical attention. The officers went to the passenger side and spoke to a woman that had just given birth and the baby was in her pants, according to police. The officers could clearly see movement from insid…
New Info, Photos Released Of Explosive Devices Brought Into Stony Brook Hospital New Info, Photos Released Of Explosive Devices Brought Into Stony Brook Hospital
New Info, Photos Released Of Explosive Devices Brought Into Stony Brook Hospital New information and photos have been released after a Long Island man was arrested for bringing explosive devices into Stony Brook Hospital University Hospital. Mastic Beach resident Robert Roden and his partner were transported to the hospital's Emergency Room shortly after 9 p.m. on Tuesday, June 9 by a third party because his partner was being treated for an undisclosed ailment. Gerald Gigante, the Chief of Suffolk County Police Detectives said that after becoming suspicious of devices in Roden's possession, a security guard at the hospital called in officers to take over the investigati…
COVID-19: Long Island ER Doc Who Survived Cancer Twice Dies In Husband's Arms COVID-19: Long Island ER Doc Who Survived Cancer Twice Dies In Husband's Arms
Covid-19: Long Island ER Doc Who Survived Cancer Twice Dies In Husband's Arms An emergency room doctor who worked in New York, including Long Island, and New Jersey and who twice survived cancer died a week after developing symptoms of novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Dr. Frank Gabrin, 60, woke up with chest pain and other symptoms on Tuesday, March 24, his husband, Arnold Vargas, said.  On Tuesday, March 31, Gabrin woke up saying he couldn't breathe, and died later that day. Gabrin, who stayed home from work last Thursday, March 26, was not tested for coronavirus but he and his husband both were certain he contracted the virus since he'd been treating patients with s…
Another ER Walk-In: Teen Shot In Paterson Another ER Walk-In: Teen Shot In Paterson
Another ER Walk-In: Teen Shot In Paterson A 17-year-old boy turned up at the hospital after being shot in the leg overnight in Paterson, responders said. The shooting apparently occurred at Cianci Street and Van Houten streets around 1:50 a.m. Police arrived to find the victim got to the emergency room at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center with a bullet wound in his lower right leg, responders said.