Robert Cordani had always been there for other people.
Whether it was as a firefighter in Wurtsboro, an EMT for the Mamakating First Aid Squad, or a neighbor, friend or brother.
“He was one of those neighbors or friends that if you needed something, 24 hours a day, he’s down there to help you,” said his brother, Art Cordani.
When Robert Cordani died on Saturday, he was doing what he has his whole life: helping others.
Cordani responded to a medical call for a neighbor suffering from cardiac arrest about 6 p.m. in Wurtsboro Hills and began to perform CPR before collapsing from a cardiac arrest of his own, according to a statement from Wurtsboro Fire Chief Richard Dunn.
Emergency responders attempted to revive Cordani and brought him to Orange Regional Medical Center in the Town of Wallkill, where he was pronounced dead, the statement says. He was 62.
The neighbor Cordani was helping also died.