Man rescued by stranger on NJ Turnpike

Web produced by Jennifer Matarese, Eyewitness NewsNEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (WABC) -- A man was rescued by a stranger when he was struck on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike while waiting for help after the car he was in broke down.

"Do you remember what was going through your head?" Eyewitness News asked.

"I was going to die," said Gregory Jackson, victim.

No one knows how close he came to death except for his cousin and a stranger.

Gregory Jackson is heavily medicated, now recovering from cuts and burns.

He and his cousin had broken down on the Turnpike near Exit 9, waiting for his grandmother to come.

He didn't see the car speeding towards the shoulder.

"Next thing I know I was being pulled out of a burning car," Jackson said.

"Do you remember the car hitting you?" Eyewitness News asked.

"No I don't," Jackson replied.

"But you remember the flames?" Eyewitness News asked.

"I remember the flames," Jackson said.

Greg Jackson knows only that stranger's name, Doug.

"He probably was an angel sent by God because if it had not been for this gentleman and others who stopped to help, that, my God, we wouldn't be standing here talking to him, and we want to thank him from the bottom of our hearts," said Lynn Williams, a family member.

His cousin was treated and released.

Doctors at Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center haven't said yet when this 29 year old semi-pro football player gets to go home.

That he has that option at all, he says is a gift from a man who was for a critical moment in his life a guardian angel.

"Thank you, thank you very much. I don't think I would be here if it wasn't for him," Jackson said.

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Man trying to rescued dog needs rescue himself

  Eyewitness NewsWEEHAWKEN (WABC) -- A Good Samaritan had to be rescued after climbing down a steep Weehawken cliff to rescue a runaway dog.

The 25-year-old man chased after the dog that ran down the riverfront cliff at Boulevard East and Hudson Place.

He soon became stuck on a small ledge about 25 feet below the street.

Firefighters responded to rescued both the man and the dog.

They were treated at the scene.

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Several rescued from fire in Bayonne

  Adam Stephan, Eyewitness NewsBAYONNE, N.J. (WABC) -- First responders rescued several people from a fire at a four-story apartment building in Bayonne, New Jersey Thursday night.

The fire started on the third floor of 92 West 33rd Street at around 8:20 p.m.

When firefighters arrived, three people were on the fire escape.

Firefighters managed to rescue them with a tower ladder.

Three other people were rescued from the basement.

Nobody was seriously injured.

One officer was treated for smoke inhalation.

Police say the fire was caused by an electric heater that caught fire in a back closet.

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Driver rescued after truck overturns on NJ Turnpike

  Eyewitness NewsWOODBRIDGE (WABC) -- A driver was rescued after he was trapped for nearly two hours inside an overturned truck on the New Jersey Turnpike in Woodbridge.

The southbound truck overturned just north of Interchange 11 just after 6 a.m. Wednesday.

The truck flipped off the roadway, trapping the driver.

It took emergency workers nearly two hours to free the driver from the truck's cab.

He was rushed by helicopter to a hospital.

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Worker rescued after getting stuck in large trench

  Eyewitness NewsWESTFIELD, N.J. (WABC) -- Authorities have rescued a water company worker who became trapped inside a large trench in northern New Jersey after the dirt walls collapsed around him early Saturday afternoon.

The man - whose name was not disclosed - was digging the hole to install a water line at the Westfield site when he became trapped around 1 p.m.

He then remained stuck from the waist down for more than two hours as rescue crews worked to free him.

The worker was conscious and alert when he was removed from the trench and taken to a University Hospital in Newark. But further details on his injuries were not immediately available.

The cause of the trench collapse remained under investigation late Saturday afternoon.

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