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Man saves life with automated defibrillator again
Quick ReadFor the second time in three years, the man whose own son died before a defibrillator arrived used the device to save a life.
Photo credit: Newsday / Mahala Gaylord | Dr. Craig Levine, left, saved the life of friend Lew Goldman with an automated external defibrillator Saturday, Jan. 30, at the bar mitzvah of Goldman's sons. In 2005, Levine's son Robbie, 9, died on a Little League ballfield in Merrick. A policeman responding to the scene brought an AED, but it was too late. (Feb. 5, 2010)
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Man saves another life with AED
For the second time in three years, a man who believes a defibrillator arrived too late to help his own son has used the device to save a life.
Dr. Craig Levine, an oral surgeon from Merrick, was at a bar mitzvah at the Seawane Country Club in Hewlett last Saturday when he saw his friend Lew Goldman, the host of the event, passed out on the dance floor. With the help of an automated external...
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