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NJ firefighter dies; collapsed after rescue

The Associated Press via The Courier-Post

TRENTON, N.J. — Trenton’s bravest are mourning a firefighter who died weeks after he suffered an apparent heart attack while rescuing a man.

Officials say Manny Rivera climbed a ladder to reach a man who was dangling from a window of a burning home on Feb. 9.

The 14-year veteran brought the man down the ladder and collapsed. He remained in a coma at St. Francis Medical Center.

Full story: Firefighter suffered cardiac arrest, damage to brain