NY Daily News
NEW YORK — It was a true Christmas miracle. A 72-year-old man who collapsed on the ground Monday and had no pulse while waiting in line at a Bronx cheese shop was brought back to life by an off-duty firefighter.
Lt. Rudy Goop from Engine Co. 46 was waiting with his son about 9:30 a.m. at an Arthur Ave. shop to buy fresh mozzarella and ricotta cheese for a big Christmas dinner. Then a blood-curdling scream pierced through the holiday bustle from outside the store. The 24-year FDNY veteran raced outside and found Miguel Ingulli on the street while his wife wailed in panic.
“I realize the guy is having a heart attack so I started doing chest compressions,” Goop said. The smoke eater worked on the Ingulli and instructed another cheese shop patron to call firefighters at Engine Co. 88 four blocks away. “This guy was dead,” a source said of the victim, who was unresponsive and had turned blue.
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