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NJ woman reconnects with EMT 30 years after crash

Rosser worked on keeping Aumendo stable and calm while other emergency personnel used the jaws of life to free her from the car

NJ.com

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. — It was a Monday in early May, 1985. Nancy Aumendo was just about a mile from her home when her car was struck at the intersection of Lake Avenue and the Black Horse Pike in Williamstown. She doesn’t remember the accident itself, or any of the police officers who rushed to the scene afterward.

She just remembered Jeanne. Just about 28 years later, during a routine visit to the Rothman Institute Orthopaedics office in Washington Township, she again came face-to-face with the EMT who sat by her side during one of the most terrifying moments of her life.

It only took her a few minutes to place Office Manager Jeanne Rosser’s face. “I teared up. I wanted to keep talking, but Jeanne was working,” Aumendo said as she and Rosser caught up again at the office on Monday. “We hugged.”

Full story: What a coincidence: Williamstown woman reconnects with EMT at doctor’s office, nearly 30 years after serious crash