MTA Long Island Rail Road

Lifesaving Rescue by LIRR Train Crew and MTA Police


Farmingdale Press Conference
June 19, 2009

On Friday, June 19, LIRR train crewmembers and MTA Police made a life-saving rescue of a customer that was suffering an apparent heart attack on the 7:39 AM train from Penn Station, bound for the U.S. Open in Farmingdale.

Click on the video link to view the press conference detailing this dramatic rescue, where the 65-year old customer was revived using an automatic defibrillator and transported to St. Vincent’s Hospital and stabilized.