I guess issuing a parking violation is more important in New York than saving someone from choking. Friendly courageous citizens; stinking unfriendly city government policies. About 2 weeks ago they gave a man an $83 citation for misuse of a milk crate-- he was resting and sitting on it. I hope I find out if this ticket is ever voided. -- The Philadelphia Talk Radio Politics and Opinion Forum

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Date Posted: 22:09:34 06/08/03 Sun
Author: SurveyGuy
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Subject: I guess issuing a parking violation is more important in New York than saving someone from choking. Friendly courageous citizens; stinking unfriendly city government policies. About 2 weeks ago they gave a man an $83 citation for misuse of a milk crate-- he was resting and sitting on it. I hope I find out if this ticket is ever voided.

Does this story mean that a police official was nearby ticketing the vehicle while the nurse was saving a choking victim? I guess focussing on the task at hand -- writing the ticket -- was a higher priority in Bloomberg's new New York. Good thing there are "administrative procedures" to address this IF the guy can "make a convincing case." He shouldn't have been ticketed in the first place if they didn't have idiots writing tickets under threats of disciplinary action. Now he has to waste a day in court and probably be insulted if the traffic courts in NY are anything like Philly. I don't think I'll be visiting New York again in my life or any time soon unless it can't be helped. --SurveyGuy

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/90350p-82133c.html
Ticket's no choke
RN saves man, and gets fined

By OWEN MORITZ, DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Registered nurse Marty Rosenblum holds double-parking summons he got after performing Heimlich maneuver to save Jayson Michalski who had been choking on pizza.

Comic book collector Marty Rosenblum played a real-life superhero, jumping out of his car to save a man from choking on a Brooklyn street.
His reward? A ticket for double-parking.

The registered nurse at Jamaica Hospital was on the way to his favorite comic book store in Park Slope on Wednesday when he turned onto Seventh Ave. A young man who looked familiar was in front of a pizza shop, choking.

"He was crying and trying to spit out the piece," Rosenblum recalled. "It was obvious something had caught in his throat."

Rosenblum slammed on the brakes and ran to the man, Jayson Michalski, a 25-year-old employee of Comics Plus, and applied the Heimlich maneuver.

"He expelled a piece of cheese a good 10 feet," said the nurse.

Michalski, father of a 2-month-old infant, said his choking episode came on faster than a speeding bullet.

"I was talking to somebody," said Michalski. "Suddenly I was choking and gagging. "Thank God, Marty pulled up."

After tending to Michalski for less than five minutes, by both men's calculation, Rosenblum returned to the car to find a traffic enforcement agent writing a ticket for double-parking, a $110 offense.

It's little solace to the 43-year-old Rosenblum, married and the father of two, that the traffic agent was apologetic.

"I'm so sorry to give you this ticket," Rosenblum quoted the agent as saying. It is unclear whether the agent witnessed the lifesaving incident.

He said the agent even urged him to fight the ticket, which Rosenblum said he intends to do.

NYPD Deputy Chief Michael Collins said Rosenblum can get the ticket waived if his case is convincing enough.

"There are administrative processes available to those who may have been issued summonses in error or for those who may have a legitimate reason for violating these regulations," Collins said.

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