The bravery and dedication demonstrated by thousands of first responders during the COVID-19 pandemic inspired two recruits to join the FDNY EMS Academy, determined to help people and save lives. Both excelled, becoming the Academic Achievers of their class and will graduate this morning. Probationary EMT Victoria Ortiz says during the pandemic, FDNY EMTs responded to her sick grandmother, who ultimately died from COVID-19. She decided she would become one of them. “My grandmother, the woman who

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