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Photos of the Week for May 17, 2013


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    New Jersey first responders are being trained to recognize and deal with explosives, due to the belief that those hurt in an explosion will call for an ambulance rather than the police. Full story (Image YouTube)

    AP Photo/Australian Antarctic Division

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    As the West Volunteer Fire Department continues to mourn those lost in the West Fertilizer Company plant explosion, superstar Willie Nelson did what he could to ease their burden by holding a benefit concert. Full story (Image CBS News)

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    A Georgia man is thanking both the Lord and the first responders who saved his life after he went into cardiac arrest. Full story (Image Loganville Patch)

    AP Photo/Las Vegas Fire and Rescue

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    An umpire at of a Stark County High School (Ill.) baseball game was arrested on the field after allegedly passing out and attacking the first responders that tried to help. Full story (Image WQAD)

    AP Photo/John Javellana

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    Keny Alfaro is helped by paramedics during a panic attack as she waits to be evicted in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday. The landlord’s loss of the apartment to a bank is causing Alfaro’s eviction. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

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    Phoenix firefighter Bobby Priest was caught in a frightening situation recently when a patient tried to hurt him. “He reached back with the knife. It was coming right towards me,” said Priest. Full story (Image AZFamily)

    AP Photo/Matt Rourke