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As It Happens | Nov 27, 2012 | 8:17

Paramedic Hero

Last Friday evening began unremarkably for Geoff MacBride: it was 5:30pm, he was stuck in traffic. That completely changed when his car was rear-ended and was thrown into oncoming traffic and a near-fatal collision. But when you're a trained paramedic - the President of the Toronto Paramedic Association, in fact - you don't just sit there. So, Mr. MacBride jumped into action. We reached Geoff MacBride at home in Toronto

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