Currently employed with the Los Angeles Fire Department with 38 years experience, Apparatus Operator, Paramedic, Flight Medic, Urban Search & Rescue/FEMA California Task Force 1,Tactical Medic, USAR Instructor, Swiftwater Rescue Team, Aircraft Rescue Firefighter.
IT WAS 4:00 AM, THANKSGIVING MORNING.
MY PHONE VIBRATED ON THE NIGHT STAND AND THE TEXT READ 'WE’RE DEPLOYING TO ISRAEL-- LEAVING IN 6 HOURS. I LEANED OVER TO KISS MY FIANCÉE GOODBYE AND LEFT FOR THE LONG FLIGHT FROM LAX TO BEN GURION AIRPORT.
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