On January 5, 2020, Lynbrook Mayor Alan Beach presented Exceptional Service Awards to a Baldwin firefighter, two Lynbrook firefighters/EMT's, and three Lynbrook police officers for saving the life of a motorist on November 27, 2019.  He was joined by New York State Senator Todd Kaminsky and Assemblywoman Judy Griffin who also presented citations.  On the afternoon of November 27, a female driver slammed her vehicle into the back of a truck stopped at a traffic light on Sunrise Highway in Lynbrook.  Baldwin FD Captain James Martinez was passing in the opposite direction at the time.  He turned around, parked blocking the traffic lane, and ran to the vehicle.  He, and a second bystander, were able to pull the unconscious woman out through a partially crushed door while the vehicle was on fire.  Three Lynbrook police officers, John Stawinski, Derek Buonora, and Peter Festa, also assisted and helped carry the woman away from the burning car.  The driver was then stabilized by Lynbrook FD Medical Company Ex-Captain Tracey Burke LaBarbara and EMT Katie DuBoise.  The woman was transported to Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital by a Northwell Health ambulance. Lynbrook firefighters extinguished the fire.  Although the woman had multiple trauma injuries and placed in ICU she survived thanks to the combined efforts of these honored first responders.