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A group of New York Knicks fans banded together to help an OD victim during the parade
A video of a group of New York Knicks banding together to help a passed out man has gone massively viral on social media. The woman who used Narcan on the victim, Simone Kelly, is an aspiring doctor.
The New York Knicks celebrated their first NBA championship since 1973 on Thursday in Manhattan, with an estimated two million people in attendance. And of those two million, this group of New Yorkers saved the life of another.
An unfortunate reason that the video has gone massively viral on social media is that, after being restored to consciousness, the victim appeared to try and kiss Kelly. Kelly, 24 years old, is an EMT with the South Orange Rescue Squad in New Jersey and is currently studying Pre-Med Neuroscience, Chemistry and Psychology Student at Drew University.
Simone Kelly, the viral New York Knicks fan who saved an overdose victim during the parade, speaks out
Kelly, however, was all class in the aftermath, as she told a content creator on Instagram that it was “New Yorkers helping New Yorkers.” She also shared numerous videos of the incident on her on social media, including one with a caption about the apparent attempted kiss.
On her own Instagram, Kelly has shared photos from the event and has also been sharing videos of the incident on her Instagram Story, including one with the caption “Instagram engagement is great but who can get my name to medical school admission committees.”
Kelly also has a photo of herself wearing white doctor’s coat with the caption “One day this coat will read ‘Dr. Kelly.”
According to Gothamist, the New York Police Department says the estimated two million people in the parade crowd dispersed with “minimal commotion,” as only 13 arrests were made.