Over the decades, judges, defendants, court officers and other visitors were treated by Koenig, who was long ago dubbed “Doc” by colleagues — a nickname that stuck for good because of the chops he gained as a city EMT before changing fields in 1983.
Manhattan Supreme Court is losing its best in-house life saver.
Resident first aid expert Sgt. Herb Koenig, a grand jury warden and officer in felony court who has attended to hundreds in need during courthouse medical crises, retired this week after a 30-year career.
Over the decades, judges, defendants, court officers and other visitors were treated by Koenig, who was long ago dubbed “Doc” by colleagues — a nickname that stuck for good because of the chops he gained as a city EMT before changing fields in 1983.
“I was the only EMT in the building,” he said. “Anytime somebody got hurt or sick, from the judges to the defendants, they called me.”
Koenig likely saved the life of a teenager having a heart attack in the courtroom, according to his longtime friend and clerk Patricia Lawrie.
“I’ve done everything from an almost child birth . . . (to) a lot of injuries in the courthouse. People passing out, cardiac emergencies,” said Koenig, 55, of Marine Park. “Once in a while you have a defendant who tries to hurt himself.”
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