LODD Names added to EMS Memorial
Wednesday, May 18th, 2005 at 4:36 pm
In honor of the national Emergency Medical Services week:
State leaders gathered in Albany Wednesday to honor EMS personnel who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Four names of fallen EMS personnel were added to the state memorial at the Empire State Plaza on Wednesday. The four were members of EMS departments throughout the state who all lost their lives in the line of duty.
Following is a list of the EMS personnel added to the Memorial this year:
Duane K. Hinkel
Kodak Office MERT Team, Rochester
July 8, 2004Gerald C. Stalker
Castleton Volunteer Ambulance, Castleton
April 3, 2004HISTORICAL INCLUSIONS:
William Chapin
Bangs Ambulance, Ithaca
March 19, 1986Robin M. Daniels
American Legion Ambulance, Eldred
February 7, 1989
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How do you lose your life in the line of EMS duty? Were they fire EMS maybe? Or ambulance accidents?
Basically any way you can normally lose your life — and you just happen to be on duty. It’s possible to be shot/murdered, but most likely is heart attacks and ambulance crashes. The volunteer from Castelton had a heart attack while driving the ambulance, leading to a crash.