Police officers save a man who suffered an illness at a restaurant in New York

Diner in Westbury New York
@Deepizzaguy (122379)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
April 15, 2026 2:47pm CST
Three police officers from the Westbury Police Department in New York answered an emergency call on Tuesday Match 17 when a 75 year old man named Phillip Amico who suffered a heart attack at a diner. Westbury Police Officer John Kassenbaum was the officer who attended Phillip by getting him out of his seat and administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) as well as two other police officers assisted John by using a defibrillator and using CPR to revive Phillip who had no pulse. Philip made a complete recovery from his health scare. Three weeks later Phillip did meet his heroes to thank them for saving his life. The three police officers will be presented with life saving awards in the near future their superiors at police headqaurters. Link is yahoo.com/news/videos/qu... via@@YahooNews
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@JudyEv (382693)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Apr
That's great that the men will be rewarded for saving a man's life.
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
16 Apr
That is true since police officers deserve to have their good deeds rewarded.
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15 Apr
Three weeks later Phillip did meet his heroes to thank them for saving his life. I started reading that bit and thought it was going to say Philip met his maker. Lol
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
16 Apr
I know what you mean.
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@celticeagle (190074)
• Boise, Idaho
15 Apr
So good to hear he made a complete recovery. Those situations can be very scary.
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
15 Apr
That is true.
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• Philippines
27 Apr
Wow! I bet that is his second life. God bless.
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
27 Apr
I am in agreement with you.
@RasmaSandra (98156)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Apr
So glad they were able to save his life,
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
15 Apr
So am I since police officers do their best to save lives of others.
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@LindaOHio (222986)
• United States
16 Apr
I'm glad that the officers will receive an award.
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
17 Apr
So am I since they earned their awards,
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@AmbiePam (121278)
• United States
16 Apr
That’s got to be a good feeling.
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
16 Apr
Saving a life of another person is the best feeling of all time.
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@rakski (156996)
• Philippines
16 Apr
good save there!!
@DianneN (254926)
• United States
16 Apr
I’m certain he would be thankful for being saved like that. Wow!
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
16 Apr
I am in agreement with you.
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@innertalks (23746)
• Australia
16 Apr
I guess. though, he will be on heart medication of some sort now, to prevent this from happening again, as he was lucky this time that he was saved without major damage to his heart.
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
16 Apr
Most likely Phillip will be on heart medication for now after the incident.
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@thelme55 (79368)
• Germany
16 Apr
I am glad he was helped. It’s good that the saviours will get a reward.
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
16 Apr
I am in agreement with you.
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