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Cops: Officers save woman who overdosed on heroin

A 28-year-old woman who overdosed on heroin in Hauppauge Friday was saved when she was given the drug Narcan by responding Suffolk officers, police said.

The officers, Dennis Hendrickson and Kathy Cotter, responded to the emergency call on Wedgewood Drive about 2:30 p.m., police said.

A man there was already performing CPR on the woman, police said. The officers, who are both paramedics,...

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