A man had to be revived by authorities after he collapsed and suffered a cardiac episode in Times Square on Sunday afternoon, dramatic photographs show. The…
A man had to be revived by authorities after he collapsed and suffered a cardiac episode in Times Square on Sunday afternoon, dramatic photographs show.
The victim was trying to buy a cigarette lighter from a newsstand near West 43rd Street and Broadway around 1:30 p.m., when he suddenly collapsed from an apparent cardiac episode, an FDNY spokesman said.
“He wanted to buy a lighter,” said the newsstand attendant, who would only identify himself as Park. “He put hands [in his pockets and] tried to take out money, then he just fell,” he said, motioning as if the customer fell backwards.
Witnesses recalled how as many as ten first responders spent several minutes treating the man and pumping his heart with a defibrillator, as photographs from the scene show.
The victim was taken to NYU Langone Medical Center in serious condition.
