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At least the New York Jets are doing something right off the field.
Gang Green plans to honor three Long Island hero cops, including having them hold a giant American flag during the national anthem, after reading The Post’s reporting on their lifesaving rescue.
Suffolk County Sheriff’s Deputy Dylan Hever and Yaphank correction officers Sean Higgins and Travis Yacovone — who saved the life of Larry Muzzillo after he suffered a heart attack at a senior picnic in September — are set to be honored at MetLife Stadium this month as part of the team’s annual First Responder Appreciation Day.
“[Muzillo] loves to dance and he’s a ladies man — and you know what, thanks to [Hever, Higgins and Yacovone], he could be doing that another 10 years.” Steven Castleton, the military and first responder liaison for the Jets told reporters during a press conference on Monday.
“How do you not honor somebody like that?”
The trio was initially told they were walking into a presser about training — but it was all a ruse by Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr., and the Jets to surprise the unsuspecting officers.
Their reward, they’ll get to suffer through a Jets game.
Hever got choked up, once he realized what was happening, and said it would be the honor of his lifetime to hold the US flag on the field alongside other first responders.
“Words can’t describe how I feel right now. I might cry,” Hever told reporters.
Meanwhile, Higgins appeared excited to watch the winless Jets in person.
“I’m kind of speechless because I’m a big Jets fan, so this is a great honor,” Higgins said with a huge smile.
Muzzillo — a 73-year-old “ladies’ man” who had just finished dancing with two women — went into cardiac arrest moments later at the Brookhaven Senior Picnic last month.
The three officers were working the event issuing ID cards when Muzzillo went down. They quickly sprung into action — performing CPR for nearly 10 minutes and reviving him.
Doctors later discovered four blocked arteries and performed an emergency quadruple bypass.
But within days, Muzzillo was back on his feet, cracking jokes with his rescuers. He’s felt “terrific” since leaving the hospital and having another shot at life, he said.
His sister, Diane Summerfold, called the officers “angels on earth” and said the family still can’t believe he pulled through.
“It’s a miracle,” she said. “They gave us our brother back.”
The Jets, meanwhile, may need their own miracle to get into the win column this year.
They play the Atlanta Falcons on First Responder Appreciation Day.
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