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Hometown heroes run to the rescue
Paramedics and firefighters answer all kinds of call while on duty and off
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Firefighter-paramedic Sterling “Strick” Strickland, center, laughs Thursday with his station mates Lt. Chris Hulsey, left, and firefighter-EMT Ken Clark at Hall County Station No. 2 in Clermont. Strickland saved a man from choking when he was off duty at a restaurant last month. - photo by NAT GURLEY
Sterling Strickland wasn’t in a very good mood when he and his family went to eat at a restaurant in Gainesville about a month ago. As a coach for his daughter’s softball team, he was still reeling from the loss of the game that afternoon. But then a man sitting in a booth nearby began to choke.