A medical doctor helped save a 3-year-old boy at a hotel pool in Montvale on Saturday, police said.
A family member removed the drowning child from the 3-foot end of the pool at the Courtyard by Marriott on Chestnut Ridge Road, Montvale Police Chief Joseph Sanfilippo said.
Dr. John Blundell, who was visiting New Jersey from the Buffalo, New York area, performed CPR and revived the young boy prior to first responders arriving, Sanfilippo said.
Adding to the incident’s success, Montvale officer Scott Gaston was less than a minute from the scene when the call came in, Sanfilippo said. Gaston administered oxygen and comfort to the boy as other officers also headed to the hotel, Sanfilippo said.
The boy was then taken to Valley Hospital in Ridgewood.
“(It is) incredibly fortunate that the doctor... was in the right place at the right time,” Sanfilippo said.
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