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Bike medic given second chance in Atlanta

Paramedic Simeon Smith was hospitalized for three months after contracting a deadly form of strep

By Beth Galvin
My Fox Atlanta

ATLANTA — In a little over a week, Grady paramedic Simeon Smith will take part in his fifth Peachtree Road Race, but the 28-year-old won’t be running or walking, he’ll be riding, as part of the Grady EMS bike medic team. This Fourth of July, Smith will be celebrating his survival.

Training at Grady’s 911 center, paramedic Simeon Smith likes that his job is to help people.

“I love this job, it’s all that I really know right now,” said Smith. Last September, Smith was in good shape and biking about 300 miles a month, when the East Point father of two got very sick, very quickly.

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