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NY man, 70, thanks life-saving EMTs

He had two stints and an internal defibrillator put in after having a cardiac arrest at a gun raffle

The Daily News Online

MEDINA, N.Y. — Kristin McAdoo knows how it feels to save a life.

Just don’t ask her to put it into words. “It’s an indescribable feeling,” said McAdoo, a member of Ridgeway Volunteer Fire Company and an EMT for 21 years.

On May 5, she was working with fellow firefighters and EMTs at a gun raffle sponsored by the fire company, when someone yelled a man needed help. Gerald Bennett, 70, of Lockport had slumped over in his chair.

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