"The #FirstResponders - The black men from Pittsburgh who made up #America’s original paramedic corps wanted to make #history and save lives—starting with their own."
by Kevin Hazzard
https://magazine.atavist.com/2019/the-first-responders-paramedics-pittsburgh-civil-rights-ems
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