84th Precinct’s Cop of the Month honored for saving a life
The 84th Precinct Community Council named its first Cop of the Month of the year on Tuesday night. The Precinct had not recognized an officer as Cop of the Month since Detectives Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos died in the line of duty late last year, but decided Officer Cornelia Samuels — who helped save a woman’s life on Feb. 20 — was a deserving recipient of this year’s first award.
Officer Samuels responded to a call last month for a cardiac arrest of a 48-year-old woman living in an apartment on Warren Street in Boerum Hill. When she arrived, she spotted the woman on the floor, quickly noticed that she wasn’t breathing and began to administer CPR.
Samuels continued with chest compressions for approximately seven minutes until EMS finally arrived and took over life-saving procedures. The woman eventually started breathing again and was taken to The Brooklyn Hospital Center, where she made a full recovery.
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