March 15, 2023 When Dr. John Zaso took a call from a sick family, he alerted his East Meadow Fire Department and they found them suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Source Firehouse.com News
A doctor who is also a volunteer firefighter used his training from both uniforms to save a family from who was suffering carbon monoxide gas leak.
When Dr. John Zaso received a phone call about a toddler who was ill, he started asking questions and determined that several others in the home were not feeling well.
“First thing I said immediately was ‘open your windows get out of the house,’” Zaso told WPIX.
When his pager did not sound, Zaso called the dispatcher at the East Meadow Fire Department where he volunteers and they dispatched crews to the home.
Zaso’s efforts saved the lives of 14 people.
“They wouldn’t have woken up in the morning,” he told the television station. “They would’ve asphyxiated in their sleep.”