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- Credit Rob DiPietro
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- Firefighters clear a roof on Scott Drive after the homeowner collapsed and later died. (Officer Bernie Hallums/Manchester Police Department)
Hartford Courant
by Jesse Leavenworth
MANCHESTER — First responders who tried to save a man’s life Tuesday when he collapsed while shoveling his roof returned to the home after the man died to finish the job he started.
“In all honesty, it’s not surprising, you know, the compassion of our community and our first responders, but this to me was just amazing,” police Officer Bernie Hallums said Wednesday.
The emergency call from 12 Scott Drive came in at 9:45 a.m. Hallums said he and other police officers climbed a ladder to the roof and rendered lifesaving aid, but the man remained unconscious and later died.
Later that morning, Hallums, along with Officers Adam Desso and Tomas Kazcerski, firefighters from the town and Eighth Utilities District and Ambulance Service of Manchester medics returned to the home to finish shoveling the roof.