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X-WR-CALDESC:American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Bec
 ame America's First Paramedics by Kevin\nHazzard (336 pages)\n\nThe extrao
 rdinary story of an unjustly forgotten group of Black men in Pittsburgh wh
 o became the first paramedics in\nAmerica\, saving lives and changing the 
 course of emergency medicine around the world\nUntil the 1970s\, if you su
 ffered a medical crisis\, your chances of survival were minimal. A 9-1-1 c
 all might bring police or\neven the local funeral home. But that all chang
 ed with Freedom House EMS in Pittsburgh\, a group of Black men who\nbecame
  America’s first paramedics and set the gold standard for emergency medici
 ne around the world\, only to have\ntheir story and their legacy erased—un
 til now.\n\nIn American Sirens\, acclaimed journalist and paramedic Kevin 
 Hazzard tells the dramatic story of how a group of young\,\nundereducated 
 Black men forged a new frontier of healthcare. He follows a rich cast of c
 haracters that includes John\nMoon\, an orphan who found his calling as a 
 paramedic\; Peter Safar\, the Nobel Prize-nominated physician who invented
 \nCPR and realized his vision for a trained ambulance service\; and Nancy 
 Caroline\, the idealistic young doctor who turned\na scrappy team into an 
 international leader. At every turn\, Freedom House battled racism—from th
 e community\, the\npolice\, and the government. Their job was grueling\, t
 he rules made up as they went along\, their mandate nearly\nimpossible—and
  yet despite the long odds and fierce opposition\, they succeeded spectacu
 larly. Never-before revealed in\nfull\, this is a rich and troubling hidde
 n history of the Black origins of America’s paramedics\, a special band of
  dedicated\nessential workers\, who stand ready to serve day and night on 
 the line between life and death for every one of us.
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DESCRIPTION:American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Beca
 me America's First Paramedics by Kevin\nHazzard (336 pages)\n\nThe extraor
 dinary story of an unjustly forgotten group of Black men in Pittsburgh who
  became the first paramedics in\nAmerica\, saving lives and changing the c
 ourse of emergency medicine around the world\nUntil the 1970s\, if you suf
 fered a medical crisis\, your chances of survival were minimal. A 9-1-1 ca
 ll might bring police or\neven the local funeral home. But that all change
 d with Freedom House EMS in Pittsburgh\, a group of Black men who\nbecame 
 America’s first paramedics and set the gold standard for emergency medicin
 e around the world\, only to have\ntheir story and their legacy erased—unt
 il now.\n\nIn American Sirens\, acclaimed journalist and paramedic Kevin H
 azzard tells the dramatic story of how a group of young\,\nundereducated B
 lack men forged a new frontier of healthcare. He follows a rich cast of ch
 aracters that includes John\nMoon\, an orphan who found his calling as a p
 aramedic\; Peter Safar\, the Nobel Prize-nominated physician who invented
 \nCPR and realized his vision for a trained ambulance service\; and Nancy 
 Caroline\, the idealistic young doctor who turned\na scrappy team into an 
 international leader. At every turn\, Freedom House battled racism—from th
 e community\, the\npolice\, and the government. Their job was grueling\, t
 he rules made up as they went along\, their mandate nearly\nimpossible—and
  yet despite the long odds and fierce opposition\, they succeeded spectacu
 larly. Never-before revealed in\nfull\, this is a rich and troubling hidde
 n history of the Black origins of America’s paramedics\, a special band of
  dedicated\nessential workers\, who stand ready to serve day and night on 
 the line between life and death for every one of us.
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SUMMARY:True Story Book Club: American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the 
 Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics by Kevin Hazzard
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