Douglas Michael Mulligan

Excerpted from the Cohasset Mariner:

Four year old Douglas Mulligan of Forest Avenue died at Children's Hospital in Boston of injuries sustained when the powerlift garage door at his home fell on him Saturday afternoon.

Two neighborhood boys noticed the unconscious child who had apparently been struck by the electronically-controlled door white playing in the garage, and alerted Mr. and Mrs. Denis Mulligan who were at home.

The boy's father called the Fire Department, police said, after removing Douglas from under the door. The emergency medical crew of the Tire department responded and, with Dr. Roger Pompeo in attendance, performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the ambulance en route to South Shore Hospital.

Dr. Pompeo said the garage door struck the boy across the chest. He appeared lifeless when the EMT crew arrived, but expertise and immediate action of the firefighters maintained color and circulation in the child, Pompeo said. Douglas seemed to be responding to treatment that evening when he was transferred to the Children's Hospital.

Pompeo said, "I'm very proud of the firemen with the CPR training. They were very capable, calm and collected." He praised Paul McGraffigan, William Protalis and Arthur Pompeo for trying to save the boy's life.