Crime & Safety
Stoughton Firefighters Perform CPR to Save Woman at Boxing Match
An attendee of a boxing match collapsed on Saturday night.
A group of Stoughton firefighters resuscitated a woman who collapsed at a local boxing match on Saturday, Stoughton Fire Rescue officials said Sunday.
While attending the boxing match, at which firefighter Mike Schifone's son was competing, a woman collapsed and was found to have no pulse. Through CPR and a defibrillator, Stoughton firefighters were able to resuscitate the woman, officials said.
The department commended those who rescued the woman: Firefighters Peter Denneno, Bradford Newbury, Ryan Cabral and former Stoughton firefighter Paul McCafferty, now of West Bridgewater.
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"We are very proud of the firefighters who saved this woman's life," fire officials said in a statement Sunday.
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