West Babylon man revived from overdose at JFK, officials say

Quick-thinking Port Authority police officers revived a West Babylon man who had overdosed in a car in a parking lot at Kennedy Airport on Thursday, officials said.

The identity of the man, 25, was not released. The Port Authority said he was transported to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center for further treatment. His condition was not immediately known.

Police said the two officers, Matthew Reen and Mike Annunziata, found the man “in distress and unresponsive” at 2:10 p.m. Thursday in a car in the parking lot at Terminal 2. The officers saw the victim was “gasping for air” — and that his lips and earlobes were “blue,” his body cold. The officers then administered a dose of Narcan, used to revive overdose victims, and the man was taken by ambulance to the hospital.

Additional details were not available.

By John Valenti

john.valenti@newsday.com

John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”