Bangor Daily News
MONTVILLE, Maine — This Fourth of July, 87-year-old Edna Mitchell was tending the dessert table at the Liberty Fire Department’s annual chicken barbecue when the police scanner sputtered to life.
A woman was having a medical problem and required assistance.
Mitchell sprang into action, leaving her famous mincemeat cake behind as she headed over to the garage where the Liberty Ambulance vehicle is kept. She is the state’s oldest emergency medical technician and has been an active volunteer with Liberty Ambulance for decades. That day, she was able to help a person in need, and that’s what’s important, she said, even if it means sometimes missing out on small pleasures.
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