American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics

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American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First ParamedicsThe extraordinary story of an unjustly forgotten group of Black men in Pittsburgh who became the first paramedics in America, saving lives and changing the course of emergency medicine around the world. Until the 1970s, if you suffered a medical crisis, your chances of survival were minimal. A 9 1 1 call might bring police or even the local funeral home. But that all changed with Freedom House EMS in Pittsburgh, a group of Black men who became

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