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FDNY EMT car-crash survivor to get union salute

At EMS 50th anniversary gala

BY DUNCAN FREEMAN
Posted 5/23/25

On Sept. 15, 2023, Ashley Diaz found herself inside an ambulance.  

An FDNY EMT of five years who treated New Yorkers across South Brooklyn and Staten Island, the back of an ambulance wasn’t an unfamiliar place for the young mother. But on this fall day it was Diaz — not one of her patients — receiving treatment for a life-altering injury. 

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