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I saw pedestrians who had been hit by cars, bicyclists hit by cars, and motorcyclists hit by cars. One motorcyclist had slid
unscathed under a semi-truck between the wheels. I accompanied some patients to the hospital emergency room. I saw the
occasional freak accident, some without but most with accompanying violent bloody trauma. I met quite a few pedestrians and
passengers and drivers who had narrowly escaped death in car crashes.

I had access to privileged confidential information and I was exposed to sensitive matters and embarrassing salacious secrets
involving a lot of people I knew, including high ranking public and private community leaders and well known and well
respected citizens. Sometimes it was their sons, daughters, or spouses who got arrested for drunk driving, shoplifting, domestic
violence, or child molesting and sometimes it was the “important and respectable” people themselves. I learned more than a few
private and embarrassing family secrets for mayors, judges, council members, and business leaders. Conversely, I also suspect
that some -or probably a lot of- citizens figured that I knew a lot more about them and their secrets than I actually did.

I witnessed a lot of medical emergencies like diabetic episodes, CPR in progress, amputations, head trauma victims, car crash
victims, poisonings, drug overdoses, alcohol overdoses and garage and industrial accidents. I saw people comatose, unconscious,
in shock, and scared speechless.