The Paramedics

As recently as 1965, if you had a medical emergency, the people who showed up at your door would be volunteer firefighters, police officers, or undertakers with a hearse. Today, the story of how a group of Black men from Pittsburgh changed that.

Kevin Hazzard’s book is AmericanSirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics.

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