![]() ![]() But in his downtime, Kevin reflected on how people's facades drop away when catastrophe strikes. ![]() Thoroughly intimidated at first and frequently terrified, he experienced on a nightly basis the adrenaline rush of walking into chaos. His life entered a different realm-one of blood, violence, and amazing grace. He signed up for emergency medical training and became, at age twenty-six, a newly minted EMT running calls in the worst sections of Atlanta. ![]() A failed salesman turned local reporter, he wanted to test himself, see how he might respond to pressure and danger. In the aftermath of 9/11 Kevin Hazzard felt that something was missing from his life-his days were too safe, too routine. A former paramedic's visceral, poignant, and mordantly funny account of a decade spent on Atlanta's mean streets saving lives and connecting with the drama and occasional beauty that lies inside catastrophe. ![]()
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