Crime & Safety
UPDATED: Injured Bellmore Firefighter Recovering at NUMC
NUMC has confirmed that wounded firefighter Justin Angell is in stable condition and may return home tomorrow.
Justin Angell, the Bellmore firefighter who was shot last night after responding to a single-car accident on Bellmore Avenue, is reportedly making a full recovery in the intensive care unit at Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow.
Vincent Scaduto, the fire department's public information officer, said that Angell is "doing well."
According to Shelley Lotenberg, director of public affairs at NUMC, Angell "is in satisfactory, stable condition and if he continues improving, could be released tomorrow."
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Angell, 20, has been a firefighter with Bellmore for two years, and is an EMT with the department as well. Prior, he was a junior firefighter. He is also a graduate of Mepham High School. Angell is also an EMT with Brentwood Legion Ambulance.
He posted the following on his Facebook page early Wednesday morning:
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"To everyone...thank u so much for the calls concerns and visits...im still in icu but I feel ok just got up and walked a bit....I'm still in shock as to this happening in Bellmore..."
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