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An N.J. dispatcher meets the baby he helped to deliver over the phone Tuesday. Chris Graham calmly talked a relative of the mother through the delivery as well as the postpartum care. Dispatcher was 'so calm' (Photo MONOC EMS)

EMS personnel gather at the scene of a fire that damaged two houses in North Belle Vernon, Pa., on Monday. All residents, including a pregnant woman and her two children, were able to escape from flames unharmed. (Photo Wayne Ray/Snapshot 47 Photos)

Medic Paul Bex talks about the speeding ticket he received that could force him to lose his job and license. Bex was driving 112 mph while delivering an organ for emergency surgery when he received the fine. Will appear in court (Image YouTube)

LAFD responders transport a five-year-old girl who suffered a serious head injury when a metal gate fell on her head in North Hollywood on Wednesday. Medics used a nearby high school football field to airlift her. (Photo Mike Meadows)

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