When U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, D-Harrison, felt faint during Saturday’s rally backing Sen. Hillary Clinton for president, she didn’t have to go far to get some medical attention while waiting for paramedics to arrive. Rockland County Legislator Connie Coker, one of politicians at the rally, was there to monitor her pulse. Coker, a Democrat from South Nyack, (that’s her on the left of the picture) is also a registered nurse and certified nurse midwife. Coker said that Lowey, who had just given her speech, turned to say she needed to sit down. She was placed in a chair, and fainted in the chair. Then she and others helped Lowey to lie down as Coker kept tabs on her pulse, and other nurses and nurse practitioners came up to help keep watch on Lowey. (Another Rockland official, Orangetown Town Board member Michael Maturo helped Lowey get from chair to ground, and then back into the chair when she began to feel better, and in anticipation of the paramedics coming, Coker said.)

Coker said that Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano had located the defibrillator in the building, which Coker noted wasn’t needed, but “was great that it was there. … It’s great that all these buildings have them because they do really save lives.”
Today’s report from her staff that Lowey is expected to make a full recovery from what was found to be a “minor coronary incident” also noted that the 70-year-old congressman is “doing well.”

What a great game!
A defense that hounded Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and shut up Bill Belichick and the Giants get their rings without Tiki Barber.
Imagine.
Really, it’s historic.
Not only are the Giants the champions of Super Bowl XLII, they are the answer to trivia questions that will be asked by sports fans for generations.
Who handed the Patriots that only loss? The Giants.
Who stopped the 18-game winning streak? The Giants.
Who cemented the Miami Dolphins as the only team to finish a regular season and the playoffs undefeated? The Giants.
One New York sportscaster tonight was calling this the greatest moment in the city’s sports history.
Not really!
But it is very, very sweet—all the more so because we saw a team coming together, growing and evolving into champions.
It wasn’t “The Giants win the pennant, the Giants win the pennant!”
It wasn’t The 1969 Jets or the 1969 Mets. It wasn’t game six of the 1986 World Series or the Rangers finally winning a Stanley Cup.
But it was and is and always will be very special.

Former coach Pat Riley has “three-peat,” the phrase coined to note the three consecutive NBA titles for the Los Angeles Lakers.
Ring announcer Michael Buffer is known worldwide for the catchphrase he uses to announce world championship boxing matches, “Let’s Get Ready to Rumble.”
No doubt, Patriots fans and marketers are dreaming up “Giants Killer” lines.
But what if…?
Suppose the Giants win—as most of us around here expect— leaving the Patriots 18 and 1.
How about “Imperfect Patriots: Giants Are THE 1” ?
Any other ideas with a little more than an hour to kickoff?