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Those Saved by Firefighters, EMTs Get Chance to Express Appreciation

By BOB HENNELLY
Posted 5/24/19

Every year the Fire Department responds to more than a half-million medical emergencies where every minute counts. With that call volume first-responders rarely have the luxury to double back and revel in what it means to save even a single life, never mind the thousands they do every year.

But on May 21 dozens of Firefighters, Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics got that opportunity at the FDNY’s 25th Annual Second Chance Ceremony at the Liberty Warehouse on the Brooklyn waterfront.

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