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Face transplant recipient’s responders recount story

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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ohio — Connie Culp of Jefferson County is the first-ever U.S. face transplant patient. Her husband, Thomas, shot her in the face back in September 2004.

Culp has come a long way since the shooting. On Tuesday NEWS9 relived some of her history.

First responders talked with NEWS9 about the night they rushed to Culp’s aid.

Full Story: Nothing they had learned in training had prepared them for that moment