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Nile R. Linn, Sr.
Sea Isle Ambulance Corps
After retiring with 20 years of service with the Philadelphia Fire
Department, Nile Linn, Sr., moved to Sea Isle City, N. J., becoming very active in community and emergency medical organizations.
Nile joined the Sea Isle City Volunteer Fire Department and the Sea Isle Volunteer Ambulance Corps and also worked part-time
as a dispatcher for the Sea Isle City Police Department in New Jersey.
On July 15, 1972, the Sea Isle City Police received a radio call from
the U. S. Coast Guard of a boating accident involving two people. After loading a patient at the scene, gusting winds blew
the ambulance door, striking Nile in the chest and head. Nile collapsed in cardiac arrest and died after unsuccessful resuscitation
attempts at the scene. Although only serving as a member of the Sea Isle Ambulance Corps and Fire Department for four years,
Nile was a faithful, devoted, caring volunteer who was always there when needed. He was 57 years old.
Enshrined on the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1996. Enshrined in the NJ Dept. of Health, 2000. Enshrined on
the Cape May County Public Safety Memorial, 2002.
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CAPE MAY COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY MEMORIAL
On Sunday, April 28, 2002, New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey, United States representative Frank LoBiondo, New Jersey
State Senator James Cafiero, and State Assemblymen Jeff Van Drew and Nicholas Asselta joined local police, fire, and rescue
workers for the dedication of the Cape May County Public Safety Memorial Project.
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MEMBERS WHO WERE ACTIVE THAT MADE "THEIR LAST CALL"
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| Howard J. Wright |
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| FIrst Chief - 9/4/1956 - 12/1957, EOW 5/17/1979 |
| Bernard Jargowsky |
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| Chief - 12/1957 - 12/1963, EOW 1978 |
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| Gerard A. Desiderio, NJEMT-D, 10/16/1960, EOW, 11/7/2003 |
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Michael P. Cullinane
Sea Isle Police
Department
Patrolman Michael "Mickey" Cullinane, age 30, became the third
officer killed in the line of duty in Cape May County. The incident occurred on the morning of Wednesday, August
26, 1992, when he was overcome by lethal gases while attempting to rescue a worker from a construction pit. Despite
the obvious noxious fumes and danger, he and two other officers went into the hole to assist the unconscious man. A member
of the department for eleven years, and a highly decorated officer, he came from a long line of police officers. He
left behind a wife, Stacy, and a young son.
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The memory consists of a 30-ft. long, 5-ft. high tribute wall that is faced with black granite
and also portrays a 24-inch sundial on a pedestal marked, "It's time to remember... Police, Fire, EMS." There are three flag
poles positioned behind the wall that fly the American flag, POW flag, and the State of New Jersey flag.
The Cape May
Memorial is located at the northeast corner of US Rt. 9 and Crest Haven Road in Cape May Courthouse, NJ.
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MEMBERS WHO WERE ACTIVE THAT MADE "THEIR LAST CALL"
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| Martin Graber, NJEMT-D, EOW February 2004 |
| Blanche C. Short |
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| Born 8/6/1939, EOW 12/10/2007 |
| Elizabeth Bergus - EMT/FF |
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