{"id":1427901,"date":"2022-04-10T18:44:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T22:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1427901"},"modified":"2022-04-10T18:44:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T22:44:47","slug":"assistant-principal-rescues-man-with-same-title-after-car-wreck-definition-of-good-samaritan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/assistant-principal-rescues-man-with-same-title-after-car-wreck-definition-of-good-samaritan\/","title":{"rendered":"Assistant Principal Rescues Man with Same Title After Car Wreck: &#039;Definition of Good Samaritan&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fassistant-principal-rescues-man-with-same-title-after-car-wreck-definition-of-good-samaritan%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1427901&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A woman named Fiordaliza Marte, who is a Brooklyn assistant principal (AP), is being praised for rescuing someone with the same title as hers.<\/p>\n<p>Marte works at PS 23 in Bedford-Stuyvesant and came upon a scene in early December where she helped a man who was unconscious, the <em>New York Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/04\/09\/brooklyn-assistant-principal-revives-another-ap-after-car-crash\/\">reported<\/a> Saturday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHe was Melvin Martinez, 53, a beloved assistant principal at PS 257 in Williamsburg and baseball coach at the Grand Street Campus High School who won the first-ever honorary ESPY award for keeping his team motivated to practice and study during the pandemic,\u201d the article said.<\/p>\n<p>Video footage from 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=u-hDnOehW6o\">showed<\/a> Martinez delivering a fifth grade graduation speech:<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Prior to the incident, Marte dropped off a coworker but accidentally turned toward work, so she took an unfamiliar route.<\/p>\n<p>When she came upon a car wreck and two distraught teenagers, Marte exited her vehicle, but the moment she saw the driver, it appeared he had died.<\/p>\n<p>The young people, who were later identified as the driver\u2019s sons, said he was not responding so Marte immediately took action and was told he was Martinez, whom she recognized as another AP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt that point, I just got in the car. I forgot I was on the phone with 911. I put the phone down and started doing chest compressions and CPR,\u201d she recalled.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8216;Meant to be there&#8217;: Assistant principal revives another assistant principal after car crash <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1fFyWNEoIi\">https:\/\/t.co\/1fFyWNEoIi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IAhzZv3jN5\">pic.twitter.com\/IAhzZv3jN5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1512776813046546435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) was <a href=\"https:\/\/cpr.heart.org\/en\/resources\/what-is-cpr\">described<\/a> as a lifesaving procedure done when a person\u2019s heart ceases beating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImmediate CPR can double or triple chances of survival after cardiac arrest,\u201d the American Heart Association\u2019s website read.<\/p>\n<p>Marte also performed mouth to mouth and Martinez began to revive. Later, emergency crews arrived to help Martinez and took him to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Martinez has since returned to work and voiced his thanks, commenting, \u201cI would like to thank God for placing Assistant Principal Marte at the scene of our car accident. She performed CPR on me until EMS arrived. She saved my life. She is my family\u2019s guardian angel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is the true definition of a good samaritan. I am forever grateful for what she did for me and my family. Thank you Ms. Marte,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A woman named Fiordaliza Marte, who is a Brooklyn assistant principal (AP), is being praised for rescuing someone with the same title as hers. 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