After the rescue, a reunion

May 23, 2013

Christopher Jennings, a Sunstar paramedic not prone to tears, thought he was all cried out.

On the scene of an accidental amputation last month, Jennings had choked back tears at the “gut-wrenching” screams of Jerry Nugent, who had accidentally backed over his toddler daughter’s legs with a riding mower.

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