Crime & Safety

Second Precinct Police Help Revive former NYPD Officer

Two SCPD officers saved a former NYPD member's life Friday morning.

Two Suffolk County Police Department Second Precinct Police Officers helped save the life of a retired New York Police Department (NYPD) officer who was suffering from a heart attack in a Huntington bank this morning.

Police officer Anthony Leo responded to a Wachovia branch where bank employees were administering CPR to Brian Lynch, 49, of 16 Knoll Lane, Smithtown, at approximately 9 a.m. Officer Leo and Officer David Weymouth utilized an automatic external defibrillator (AED) and revived Lynch who was in cardiac arrest.

Lynch, who retired one year ago from the NYPD and now works for Wachovia, was transported to Huntington Hospital by Huntington Community First Aid Squad.

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