WEBVTT 00:01.033 --> 00:02.433 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:45% - [Narrator] Major funding for this program 00:02.433 --> 00:04.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% was made possible by the Richard King Mellon Foundation, 00:04.566 --> 00:07.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% with additional major funding from UPMC, 00:07.100 --> 00:09.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5% and generous support from these funders. 00:09.400 --> 00:10.266 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:30% Thank you. 00:11.200 --> 00:13.166 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:50% (funky bass music) 00:13.166 --> 00:14.766 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% - Back in the sixties, 00:14.766 --> 00:16.800 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:47.5% you stood a better chance of surviving 00:16.800 --> 00:20.266 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% a gunshot wound in Vietnam, 00:20.266 --> 00:22.133 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% than you did a car accident 00:22.133 --> 00:23.466 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% in the city of Pittsburgh. 00:26.600 --> 00:29.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% - There weren't ambulances as we think about them today. 00:30.700 --> 00:32.900 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% People called the police 00:32.900 --> 00:35.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% and hopefully the police would actually come 00:35.400 --> 00:36.166 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:47.5% and pick them up. 00:38.500 --> 00:40.966 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% - Relations between the police 00:40.966 --> 00:44.366 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% and the black community were oppressive. 00:46.700 --> 00:49.866 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:42.5% - I found my mom laying on the floor. 00:49.866 --> 00:51.433 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:75% Two police officers showed up 00:52.500 --> 00:54.000 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% and said she was drunk, 00:54.000 --> 00:56.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% and they were not going to transport her to the hospital. 00:57.933 --> 01:00.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% - You never knew how it was going to turn out. 01:00.500 --> 01:01.600 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% It was a gamble. 01:04.600 --> 01:09.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% - It was up to us at Freedom House to provide that care 01:09.433 --> 01:12.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% that they were not gonna get from the police. 01:13.733 --> 01:15.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:42.5% - Freedom House Ambulance Service 01:15.533 --> 01:19.566 align:start position:20% line:74% size:55% really turned into an incredible, incredible success story. 01:19.566 --> 01:21.166 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% (sirens wailing) 01:21.166 --> 01:23.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% - We didn't realize that in the very backyard 01:23.933 --> 01:25.200 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:55% of the Hill District, 01:25.200 --> 01:28.733 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% you had the father of CPR, Dr. Peter Safar. 01:29.766 --> 01:31.666 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% - Dr. Safar wanted to show 01:31.666 --> 01:34.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:42.5% that people they marked unemployable, 01:34.533 --> 01:37.200 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:37.5% was really just waiting on opportunity. 01:38.600 --> 01:40.400 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% They were black, 01:40.400 --> 01:42.233 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:50% they were trained, 01:42.233 --> 01:44.833 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:35% and they were keeping people alive. 01:45.933 --> 01:47.466 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% - This is my first big call 01:47.466 --> 01:49.700 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% and I'm going to save this person's life. 01:50.666 --> 01:51.933 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:52.5% (chatter over radio) 01:51.933 --> 01:53.466 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:50% - [Radio] 7L6, 7L6. 01:53.466 --> 01:54.633 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% See the woman at 01:54.633 --> 01:58.133 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% 294, Mill Street, apartment 207. 02:00.633 --> 02:02.900 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:47.5% (calm jazz music) 02:02.900 --> 02:04.833 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:42.5% - The high point of Black Pittsburgh 02:04.833 --> 02:06.566 align:start position:10% line:10% size:70% would've been in the 1940s. 02:07.900 --> 02:10.600 align:start position:10% line:10% size:67.5% Pittsburgh was the center of making armaments 02:10.600 --> 02:11.900 align:start position:20% line:10% size:50% for the war effort, 02:11.900 --> 02:14.200 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:72.5% which funded the nightclubs, 02:14.200 --> 02:15.266 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:32.5% Black music, 02:17.533 --> 02:19.000 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:47.5% Black businesses. 02:19.000 --> 02:22.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:47.5% Really created an era of prosperity. 02:22.100 --> 02:25.566 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:50% (funky jazz music) 02:25.566 --> 02:26.500 align:start position:20% line:10% size:47.5% - In the evening, 02:26.500 --> 02:28.466 align:start position:20% line:10% size:57.5% we watched the grownups 02:28.466 --> 02:31.466 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% go back and forth to the clubs. 02:32.600 --> 02:35.900 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:47.5% They were all very spiffy, dressed up. 02:35.900 --> 02:38.966 align:start position:20% line:10% size:40% It was quite a joy to watch them. 02:38.966 --> 02:42.000 align:start position:20% line:10% size:50% (upbeat jazz music) 02:47.200 --> 02:52.133 align:start position:10% line:10% size:62.5% - Centre Avenue corridor was filled with businesses. 02:53.333 --> 02:54.433 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:42.5% You never had to leave for anything. 02:57.033 --> 03:01.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% - By the late 1950s, Pittsburgh was really prosperous. 03:01.400 --> 03:03.066 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% The mills were running 03:03.066 --> 03:06.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% but the mills produced tremendous pollution. 03:06.500 --> 03:08.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% People were not interested in living in a place 03:08.766 --> 03:10.333 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:50% that was so filthy. 03:11.500 --> 03:14.233 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% So the city set out to do something about it 03:14.233 --> 03:16.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:47.5% and produced what's called the Renaissance. 03:16.500 --> 03:19.433 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:50% (slow piano music) 03:20.766 --> 03:23.466 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% - The word started going around 03:23.466 --> 03:26.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:47.5% that everybody was gonna have to move. 03:26.500 --> 03:30.200 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% They were gonna demolish the neighborhood. 03:31.733 --> 03:34.466 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% I remember wondering, why? 03:35.866 --> 03:37.300 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% Where are we gonna move to? 03:38.633 --> 03:41.366 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50% What's gonna happen with our friends? 03:44.466 --> 03:47.466 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% It was a frightening experience. 03:48.666 --> 03:51.766 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:52.5% (somber piano music) 04:04.666 --> 04:09.700 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% They created a racially segregated housing plan, 04:10.533 --> 04:12.500 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:72.5% accommodating white families 04:12.500 --> 04:14.633 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% with government subsidies, 04:14.633 --> 04:18.233 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5% that enabled them to move to the suburbs. 04:18.233 --> 04:21.900 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:47.5% And they gave Black families public housing. 04:25.333 --> 04:28.833 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:47.5% As the civil rights movement was heating up, 04:28.833 --> 04:32.566 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5% the conditions on the street were heating up. 04:33.966 --> 04:37.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% - The NAACP had appointed a man named James McCoy 04:37.933 --> 04:42.233 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:47.5% to engage in action against discrimination. 04:42.233 --> 04:44.233 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:50% (funky bass music) 04:44.233 --> 04:47.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% McCoy established Freedom House Enterprises. 04:52.666 --> 04:56.533 align:start position:10% line:10% size:70% One big need that the Hill had was medical services. 04:57.500 --> 04:59.666 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% - I can remember as a kid, 04:59.666 --> 05:01.466 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:67.5% anytime someone was sick, 05:02.533 --> 05:04.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:35% the big black wagon would come up 05:04.533 --> 05:06.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:47.5% and they would just throw them in and leave. 05:07.900 --> 05:12.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% They used the same wagon to put dead bodies in, 05:12.300 --> 05:14.166 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:55% people they arrested, 05:14.166 --> 05:17.700 align:start position:20% line:74% size:55% and they also used it to transport people in the community 05:17.700 --> 05:18.833 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% to the hospital. 05:19.966 --> 05:22.600 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% - In 1966, Mayor David Lawrence 05:22.600 --> 05:25.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% was speaking just two blocks from Presbyterian Hospital 05:25.766 --> 05:28.233 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5% and he had a massive heart attack. 05:28.233 --> 05:30.400 align:start position:20% line:10% size:52.5% By the time they got him to the hospital, 05:30.400 --> 05:32.500 align:start position:10% line:10% size:70% his brain had been damaged. 05:32.500 --> 05:33.600 align:start position:20% line:10% size:55% He could not recover. 05:44.000 --> 05:46.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50% - One of my friends was very sick. 05:46.333 --> 05:49.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% Her mother called the ambulance, the ambulance didn't come. 05:50.466 --> 05:52.266 align:start position:20% line:10% size:55% She ran her daughter, 05:52.266 --> 05:54.666 align:start position:20% line:10% size:52.5% carried her daughter from where she lived 05:54.666 --> 05:57.800 align:start position:10% line:10% size:70% to Montefiore Hospital, to take care of this child. 06:01.733 --> 06:05.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% - You had no alternative but to call the police. 06:07.300 --> 06:10.133 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:37.5% - Found my mom laying on the floor. 06:10.133 --> 06:13.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% I picked her up, put her on the sofa, called the police. 06:13.600 --> 06:17.400 align:start position:20% line:10% size:52.5% I informed them that she was not drunk, 06:17.400 --> 06:20.300 align:start position:20% line:10% size:50% that she was sick, she didn't drink, 06:20.300 --> 06:22.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5% and they said, well, it didn't matter, 06:22.400 --> 06:24.466 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% they weren't gonna take her to the hospital. 06:26.600 --> 06:29.500 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:75% I carried her down the stairs 06:29.500 --> 06:32.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% and I ended up putting her in the back of a patty wagon. 06:34.200 --> 06:38.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% She died five days later from a cerebral hemorrhage. 06:44.300 --> 06:46.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% - [Larry] This is where a man, Phil Hallen, 06:46.100 --> 06:46.933 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:50% really stepped in. 06:46.933 --> 06:48.833 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% He came into Pittsburgh, 06:48.833 --> 06:53.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% very aware of these inadequacies of underserved communities. 06:55.000 --> 06:58.733 align:start position:20% line:10% size:52.5% - In 1967, I was one of the co-founders 06:58.733 --> 07:01.366 align:start position:20% line:10% size:52.5% of the Freedom House Ambulance program. 07:04.066 --> 07:07.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% It grew out of a need in Pittsburgh's Hill District, 07:07.366 --> 07:09.300 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:47.5% for medical care. 07:10.633 --> 07:12.833 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% A friend of mine, who was the administrator 07:12.833 --> 07:15.000 align:start position:10% line:10% size:70% at the university hospital, 07:15.000 --> 07:17.433 align:start position:10% line:10% size:75% introduced me to Peter Safar. 07:19.633 --> 07:22.600 align:start position:20% line:10% size:47.5% - As it turned out, Peter Safar was working 07:22.600 --> 07:23.900 align:start position:10% line:10% size:70% in the hospital that night 07:23.900 --> 07:25.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50% that David Lawrence had been brought in. 07:31.166 --> 07:34.333 align:start position:20% line:10% size:52.5% Peter and Eva were at a conference in Chicago 07:34.333 --> 07:38.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% when Elizabeth, who suffered from lifelong asthma, 07:38.733 --> 07:40.966 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:52.5% became severely ill. 07:40.966 --> 07:42.066 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:55% She couldn't breathe. 07:46.300 --> 07:49.466 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5% - Dr. Safar is known as the father of CPR. 07:50.633 --> 07:53.633 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% - The experimental study you are about to see 07:53.633 --> 07:58.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% compared various methods of artificial respiration. 07:59.800 --> 08:01.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50% - Dr. Safar and his colleague, James Elam, 08:01.933 --> 08:04.133 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:37.5% were doing some experiments that showed 08:04.133 --> 08:06.900 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% that if you put a tube into someone's airway, 08:06.900 --> 08:09.100 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% that you could breathe for them. 08:09.100 --> 08:11.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50% Peter found this to be a fascinating idea, 08:11.500 --> 08:13.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5% and then he conducted some other experiments, 08:13.933 --> 08:18.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% in which he gave, believe it or not, curare to volunteers. 08:18.666 --> 08:20.966 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5% Curare paralyzes the breathing muscles, 08:20.966 --> 08:23.000 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:45% so they could not breathe on their own. 08:23.000 --> 08:27.000 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% - First by selecting as subjects, men and women 08:27.000 --> 08:29.000 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% of various body types. 08:29.000 --> 08:33.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% Second, by anesthetizing and curarizing these subjects, 08:33.000 --> 08:36.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5% in order to simulate limp asphyxia victims. 08:37.200 --> 08:40.233 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:40% Third, by having untrained lay personnel 08:40.233 --> 08:42.866 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% perform some of these methods. 08:42.866 --> 08:46.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% This boy scout will perform mouth to airway breathing. 08:47.466 --> 08:50.800 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% He has some difficulty, but corrects himself. 08:50.800 --> 08:53.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:37.5% He was able to adequately ventilate 08:53.300 --> 08:56.133 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:47.5% subjects weighing up to 210 pounds. 08:57.566 --> 08:59.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% - Someone would, you know, administer mouth to mouth 08:59.633 --> 09:02.366 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% and then you could see, they kept them alive. 09:02.366 --> 09:03.866 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:50% I could not imagine 09:03.866 --> 09:07.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% getting away with those kinds of experiments now, 09:07.000 --> 09:10.133 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50% even if people were willing to volunteer. 09:10.133 --> 09:14.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% Very different time, but very, very powerful proof 09:14.866 --> 09:19.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% that this was a technique that could keep people alive. 09:21.733 --> 09:24.933 align:start position:20% line:10% size:52.5% - Just about the time we were coming together, 09:24.933 --> 09:28.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:47.5% Safar was looking for a mechanism 09:28.100 --> 09:32.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% in which he could take CPR to the streets. 09:32.400 --> 09:35.333 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:50% (funky bass music) 09:37.933 --> 09:40.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% We literally drove up and down the streets. 09:40.333 --> 09:42.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% We saw a group of people, handed them a leaflet 09:42.766 --> 09:45.566 align:start position:30% line:10% size:40% and said, here's who you contact. 09:45.566 --> 09:48.500 align:start position:20% line:10% size:50% (funky bass music) 09:59.033 --> 10:02.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50% - My name is George McCary the third. 10:02.500 --> 10:05.000 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% When I signed up, I was 19. 10:06.066 --> 10:08.833 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:42.5% I was one of the original class members 10:08.833 --> 10:10.766 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:55% of the Freedom House. 10:12.633 --> 10:14.466 align:start position:20% line:10% size:55% Dr. Safar said, well, 10:14.466 --> 10:16.500 align:start position:20% line:10% size:52.5% I'm gonna give you a new chance in life. 10:16.500 --> 10:18.300 align:start position:20% line:10% size:47.5% I'm gonna give you something to learn. 10:18.300 --> 10:19.500 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:47.5% ♪ To the rhythm ♪ 10:19.500 --> 10:22.333 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:50% (funky bass music) 10:22.333 --> 10:26.166 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5% ♪ Woo ♪ 10:26.166 --> 10:28.866 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:47.5% ♪ To the rhythm ♪ 10:30.933 --> 10:34.100 align:start position:20% line:10% size:55% Then you had a chance to take all that 10:34.100 --> 10:37.000 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% and you learned how to maneuver yourself on the vehicle. 10:37.000 --> 10:39.600 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% (siren wailing) 10:46.133 --> 10:48.833 align:start position:20% line:10% size:52.5% - They learned how to do physical assessments. 10:48.833 --> 10:51.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50% They learned to put in endotracheal tubes, 10:52.266 --> 10:54.566 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% intravenous lines on the scene. 10:55.500 --> 10:56.700 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:52.5% They did everything. 10:58.100 --> 11:01.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% - By the time the ambulances hit the street, 11:01.300 --> 11:04.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50% these men had become the most highly trained. 11:04.400 --> 11:08.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% Literally, they were the only trained EMTs in the country. 11:10.533 --> 11:13.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:47.5% - My first memory of Freedom House 11:13.500 --> 11:16.233 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:47.5% was people coming 11:16.233 --> 11:20.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% to take you to the hospital, that looked like you. 11:21.300 --> 11:22.900 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:52.5% That understood you. 11:24.833 --> 11:27.200 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5% - My first runs that I remember very well 11:27.200 --> 11:29.566 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% was the Fifth and Pride. 11:29.566 --> 11:30.500 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% There was a guy, 11:30.500 --> 11:32.266 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% he had had a heart attack. 11:32.266 --> 11:35.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50% To be there, to see the whole system, 11:35.533 --> 11:36.466 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:47.5% you know, for me, 11:36.466 --> 11:38.033 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% from me opening the airway, 11:38.033 --> 11:39.866 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% to them shooting drugs in them, 11:39.866 --> 11:42.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50% to him getting any kind of response. 11:42.533 --> 11:46.266 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% You know, it's amazing to be on the team, 11:46.266 --> 11:47.500 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:35% from scratch. 11:47.500 --> 11:50.333 align:start position:20% line:10% size:50% (calm piano music) 11:54.500 --> 11:57.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% - Back in the sixties, there was a war going on. 11:57.933 --> 12:01.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% I enlisted and took a bypass test in the Air Force. 12:01.133 --> 12:02.433 align:start position:20% line:10% size:55% They made me a medic. 12:03.800 --> 12:06.533 align:start position:10% line:10% size:67.5% That's how I got involved in emergency medicine. 12:08.000 --> 12:10.066 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% When I got out of the Air Force, 12:10.066 --> 12:11.900 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% I came back to Pittsburgh. 12:11.900 --> 12:14.200 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% My aunt said, you need to go help these people, 12:14.200 --> 12:17.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% they got this thing going on called Freedom House. 12:17.433 --> 12:20.866 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5% There's this guy over there, Dr. Peter Safar. 12:20.866 --> 12:23.366 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5% Said, that's the guy that started CPR. 12:23.366 --> 12:25.166 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:75% She said, yeah, he's at Pitt. 12:25.166 --> 12:26.633 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% I said, really? 12:26.633 --> 12:27.500 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:15% Okay. 12:32.266 --> 12:37.300 align:start position:20% line:10% size:60% - I joined Freedom House in the fall of 1972. 12:38.633 --> 12:41.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% I was raised in the Hill, so I knew firsthand 12:41.366 --> 12:44.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% what type of response the police were providing. 12:44.700 --> 12:49.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% You're living in a underserved, neglected area of the city, 12:50.566 --> 12:52.300 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% so you're not gonna get 12:52.300 --> 12:54.066 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:50% the proper response 12:54.066 --> 12:55.400 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% from the police. 12:55.400 --> 12:58.433 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:52.5% (somber piano music) 13:05.766 --> 13:09.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50% - Freedom House was providing a useful 13:09.333 --> 13:11.666 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% medical emergency service. 13:13.300 --> 13:15.666 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% That was something that everybody was proud of. 13:17.300 --> 13:20.000 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50% - There was a sense of pride on our part, 13:20.000 --> 13:22.566 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5% as well as a sense of pride in the community. 13:25.366 --> 13:28.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% - There was times when we would go to gunshot calls 13:28.000 --> 13:31.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% and the person that did the shooting was still there. 13:31.433 --> 13:36.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% We didn't have any concern about our own personal safety 13:36.233 --> 13:39.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% because of the reputation that we had sustained 13:39.300 --> 13:41.266 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% in the neighborhood itself. 13:41.266 --> 13:42.700 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:72.5% Once you call Freedom House, 13:42.700 --> 13:44.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% you are calling someone that's gonna make a difference 13:44.900 --> 13:46.066 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% in this person's life. 13:48.300 --> 13:51.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% - Brought a sense of pride and dignity to the community, 13:51.700 --> 13:55.566 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50% to see young, Black men that we knew, 13:56.700 --> 13:58.566 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% working on those wagons. 13:58.566 --> 13:59.900 align:start position:30% line:10% size:37.5% (siren wailing) 14:12.800 --> 14:14.133 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% - At the very beginning, 14:14.133 --> 14:16.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:47.5% the police looked at Freedom House 14:16.400 --> 14:19.266 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% oftentimes as a threat to their job security. 14:20.366 --> 14:23.200 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5% There was times when I was cursed out 14:23.200 --> 14:24.433 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:35% by the police 14:24.433 --> 14:27.666 align:start position:20% line:10% size:50% because I corrected them on the treatment 14:27.666 --> 14:30.366 align:start position:20% line:10% size:57.5% they were providing to a particular patient. 14:30.366 --> 14:33.466 align:start position:20% line:10% size:52.5% (somber piano music) 14:38.100 --> 14:42.000 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50% - The cops knew what their limitations were. 14:42.000 --> 14:43.333 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:35% It took time, 14:43.333 --> 14:46.433 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50% but they recognized the capability 14:46.433 --> 14:48.033 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% of what Freedom House could do. 14:50.500 --> 14:53.600 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% - In Squirrel Hill, a young kid was struck 14:53.600 --> 14:55.700 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% by a Port Authority bus. 14:55.700 --> 14:58.233 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% The police arrived on the scene 14:58.233 --> 15:01.966 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% and they didn't know what to do, 15:01.966 --> 15:04.400 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:75% so one of the police officers 15:04.400 --> 15:06.500 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% requested Freedom House 15:06.500 --> 15:08.666 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% and the police dispatcher said 15:08.666 --> 15:11.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% I can't send them because it's not their district. 15:11.633 --> 15:13.666 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:67.5% Police officer responded, 15:13.666 --> 15:15.300 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% well, you need someone out here 15:15.300 --> 15:17.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50% that knows what the hell they're doing. 15:19.533 --> 15:22.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5% Fortunately, we were able to provide care 15:22.500 --> 15:24.800 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% and transport them to Children's Hospital. 15:28.766 --> 15:31.866 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:52.5% (upbeat funky music) 15:35.066 --> 15:37.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:40% - When you had officers call you, 15:37.333 --> 15:38.500 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% you know you'd made it. 15:39.633 --> 15:42.133 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:42.5% - These systems were being copied 15:42.133 --> 15:44.633 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50% all over the country and all over the world. 15:44.633 --> 15:47.733 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:52.5% (upbeat funky music) 15:52.333 --> 15:54.633 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50% - Peter and I went to Los Angeles. 15:54.633 --> 15:56.966 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% There was a TV program called Emergency. 15:56.966 --> 15:58.866 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% They contacted Dr. Safar 16:00.100 --> 16:03.000 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:72.5% and then we went to Germany. 16:03.000 --> 16:06.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% We talked about how you could train almost anyone, 16:06.733 --> 16:09.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:40% who was willing and wanted to learn 16:09.166 --> 16:10.700 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:72.5% how to take care of somebody 16:10.700 --> 16:12.366 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% in a pre-hospital environment. 16:16.300 --> 16:19.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:47.5% - Despite Freedom House's success, 16:19.533 --> 16:22.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5% we had to overcome a number of roadblocks. 16:24.100 --> 16:26.800 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5% - We started to have issues about money 16:26.800 --> 16:28.766 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% and availability of grants, 16:28.766 --> 16:31.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% so the need for diversification became an issue. 16:33.033 --> 16:34.900 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:55% - White males came in 16:34.900 --> 16:36.800 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5% and got the training and experience, 16:36.800 --> 16:40.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% and moved on to better employment opportunities. 16:40.400 --> 16:42.000 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% And we were left there 16:42.000 --> 16:46.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% as being their stepping stone to bigger and better things. 16:46.500 --> 16:49.633 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:52.5% (somber piano music) 16:52.733 --> 16:54.366 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% Naturally, we doubted. 16:54.366 --> 16:59.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% Here's another person coming in to increase their resume. 16:59.200 --> 17:02.366 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% What we didn't know at that particular time, 17:02.366 --> 17:04.433 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:35% was that Nancy Caroline was different. 17:04.433 --> 17:07.533 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:52.5% (upbeat funky music) 17:08.933 --> 17:13.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% - She was indefatigable in her commitment to this. 17:13.266 --> 17:16.033 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:67.5% She worked night and day. 17:16.033 --> 17:18.800 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:52.5% She rode the trucks, 17:18.800 --> 17:19.933 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:35% was on scene. 17:20.966 --> 17:23.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% It was an extraordinary kind of training 17:23.500 --> 17:24.833 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% that she made possible. 17:26.400 --> 17:28.733 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50% - She was no taller than a minute, 17:28.733 --> 17:31.200 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50% but she was tough, tough as nails. 17:31.200 --> 17:32.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% I never forget, we went to the Hill District. 17:32.766 --> 17:35.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50% I said, "you better stay here, Doc." 17:35.400 --> 17:36.266 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:72.5% She said, "get out the way." 17:37.433 --> 17:38.600 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:32.5% We got there 17:38.600 --> 17:40.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% and the guy said, what's she doing in here? 17:40.300 --> 17:42.200 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% She said, don't worry about what I'm doing. 17:42.200 --> 17:43.866 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% Just get out of my way. 17:43.866 --> 17:46.533 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% (George laughs) 17:46.533 --> 17:49.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% - So she wasn't afraid, she wasn't scared. 17:49.400 --> 17:51.300 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% Going into people's homes, 17:51.300 --> 17:54.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% shooting galleries where people were involving drugs. 17:54.833 --> 17:56.800 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% - She became part of us. 17:56.800 --> 17:59.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50% She became someone that we loved. 17:59.300 --> 18:01.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50% She became someone that we trusted. 18:01.500 --> 18:03.066 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:52.5% (upbeat funky music) 18:13.100 --> 18:15.866 align:start position:10% line:10% size:72.5% - While she was teaching us, 18:15.866 --> 18:17.966 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% she said, we were teaching her. 18:21.633 --> 18:23.966 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:45% - I was the first person in the country 18:23.966 --> 18:27.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:40% to do a tracheal intubation in the field. 18:27.100 --> 18:28.700 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% We had an elderly gentleman 18:28.700 --> 18:32.433 align:start position:20% line:74% size:40% that was having trouble breathing, and he was unconscious. 18:32.433 --> 18:35.033 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:42.5% My partner and I called Dr. Caroline. 18:35.033 --> 18:38.266 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% She immediately said, intubate this patient 18:38.266 --> 18:40.133 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% and start an IV on him. 18:40.133 --> 18:43.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% At that particular time, I thought she had lost her mind. 18:44.333 --> 18:46.866 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:37.5% My partner set everything up for me 18:46.866 --> 18:49.966 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5% and we intubated the patient, successfully, 18:49.966 --> 18:51.233 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:47.5% on the first try. 18:52.366 --> 18:55.033 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:47.5% She was overjoyed 18:55.033 --> 18:58.433 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50% and from that point on, it was normal. 18:58.433 --> 19:01.300 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:50% (calm piano music) 19:19.900 --> 19:23.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% - Freedom House was not particularly well received 19:23.266 --> 19:25.466 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:40% by the mayor at the time, Flaherty, 19:25.466 --> 19:29.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% who had the idea that this was something he had not created, 19:29.600 --> 19:32.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% he had no control over and really didn't like. 19:33.733 --> 19:35.966 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% - The politics became a problem. 19:37.033 --> 19:39.700 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50% We wanted to expand Freedom House. 19:39.700 --> 19:43.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% Dr. Safar was insistent that the programs 19:43.300 --> 19:45.700 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:47.5% that we were doing, would make a difference, 19:45.700 --> 19:47.833 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:35% and he had the statistics to prove it. 19:49.566 --> 19:52.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% - People in the more affluent areas of Pittsburgh 19:52.066 --> 19:55.700 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50% were getting a bit frustrated that 19:55.700 --> 19:57.766 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% poor people in the Hill 19:57.766 --> 20:00.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% were getting better emergency care than they were. 20:02.866 --> 20:05.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% Flaherty wanted to please the people who voted for him. 20:09.133 --> 20:10.566 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:55% - We got a phone call 20:10.566 --> 20:13.166 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% to come see the mayor. 20:13.166 --> 20:15.166 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:67.5% I had a proposal prepared 20:15.166 --> 20:17.600 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:40% on how Freedom House could expand 20:17.600 --> 20:19.433 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% throughout the entire city. 20:19.433 --> 20:22.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:47.5% The Mayor said, the reason why I called you, 20:22.333 --> 20:25.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% was because your ambulances are making too much noise. 20:27.300 --> 20:31.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% He said, can you put a bell on on the ambulances? 20:31.500 --> 20:32.500 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5% A bell? 20:32.500 --> 20:34.666 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% You mean like an ice cream truck? 20:37.166 --> 20:39.700 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:47.5% He said, you leave that proposal with me, 20:39.700 --> 20:41.166 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:72.5% I'll give it to my director. 20:43.000 --> 20:45.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% That's when I knew it was the beginning of the end. 20:49.900 --> 20:52.533 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:52.5% - As Freedom House's 20:52.533 --> 20:54.933 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% tenure was in question, 20:56.166 --> 20:59.733 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% we held a disaster drill in downtown Pittsburgh 20:59.733 --> 21:01.866 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% and it went off like clockwork. 21:01.866 --> 21:05.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% It was one of the crowning moments of Freedom House. 21:06.833 --> 21:09.233 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:47.5% We had hoped that 21:09.233 --> 21:10.533 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% that particular moment 21:11.533 --> 21:14.566 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% would let the city leaders know 21:14.566 --> 21:17.933 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% how important it was to maintain 21:17.933 --> 21:20.466 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:42.5% Freedom House's ambulance service. 21:20.466 --> 21:22.333 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:75% But you have to keep in mind, 21:22.333 --> 21:25.733 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50% you're dealing with a Black organization, 21:25.733 --> 21:27.000 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:10% and 21:27.000 --> 21:30.366 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50% the city leaders at that particular time 21:31.433 --> 21:34.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:42.5% was not about to allow that to happen. 21:39.833 --> 21:42.300 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:72.5% - I took the very last call, 21:42.300 --> 21:43.900 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:35% October 15th, 21:43.900 --> 21:45.333 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:15% 1975. 21:46.900 --> 21:49.066 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:75% It was a lady who had fallen. 21:49.066 --> 21:50.933 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% Took her back to Presby 21:50.933 --> 21:54.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% and then we signed off the air at 12 o'clock, 21:55.533 --> 21:57.200 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% and turned everything over to the city. 22:01.700 --> 22:05.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% - Flaherty canceled a contract between the city 22:05.033 --> 22:06.800 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:50% and Freedom House, 22:06.800 --> 22:10.133 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5% and started the City of Pittsburgh EMS. 22:11.366 --> 22:14.000 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% It was a real slap in the face. 22:16.133 --> 22:19.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% - They had a gentleman by the name of Glenn Cannon, 22:19.666 --> 22:23.266 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:47.5% who worked for me at Freedom House. 22:23.266 --> 22:25.866 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:67.5% The mayor had hired Glenn 22:25.866 --> 22:28.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:40% to take on and start running EMS. 22:29.833 --> 22:32.000 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% I tried to work out a deal 22:32.000 --> 22:33.933 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% with the city, 22:33.933 --> 22:37.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% that they would take all of the Freedom House personnel, 22:38.966 --> 22:40.733 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:45% but I didn't have any control over it. 22:43.700 --> 22:47.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% - Unfortunately, we entered into an environment 22:47.800 --> 22:50.700 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:42.5% that I would call survival of the fittest. 22:51.833 --> 22:54.166 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% We were tested 22:54.166 --> 22:55.800 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:50% on a weekly basis. 22:56.766 --> 22:58.900 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:75% Things that you already knew. 23:00.533 --> 23:02.466 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:47.5% - If you don't do this, you're out. 23:02.466 --> 23:04.400 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% You don't pass, you're out. 23:04.400 --> 23:06.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5% Everything is you're out, you're out. 23:07.500 --> 23:09.033 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% I've been working this shop for seven years. 23:09.033 --> 23:11.033 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% I don't know how many lives I've saved. 23:12.133 --> 23:14.066 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:47.5% And all of a sudden I'm getting ultimatums? 23:16.100 --> 23:17.533 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:55% - It was a very, very 23:18.900 --> 23:20.300 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% difficult time for me, 23:21.333 --> 23:22.566 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:50% on a lot of levels. 23:23.900 --> 23:25.266 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:35% I know they'd adopted the program 23:25.266 --> 23:27.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:42.5% that I'd put in place, to expand. 23:28.966 --> 23:30.200 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% Didn't ask me to run it. 23:33.233 --> 23:34.166 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% It hurt a lot. 23:38.433 --> 23:41.166 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% - We entered into a program 23:41.166 --> 23:45.200 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50% that was designed to systematically eliminate 23:45.200 --> 23:48.866 align:start position:20% line:74% size:47.5% as many of Freedom House's employees as they possibly could. 23:50.200 --> 23:53.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% I had to experience calls where the paramedics 23:53.100 --> 23:56.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5% refused to transport African Americans 23:56.100 --> 23:57.366 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% to the emergency room, 23:57.366 --> 23:59.900 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% because I didn't think you were sick enough 23:59.900 --> 24:01.666 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% to ride in my vehicle. 24:04.233 --> 24:06.000 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:50% - It was right back 24:06.000 --> 24:08.266 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% to what it was before. 24:09.933 --> 24:12.266 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:67.5% The people that took over 24:12.266 --> 24:14.733 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:75% didn't understand the culture 24:14.733 --> 24:15.833 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:47.5% of the community. 24:16.700 --> 24:18.500 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:50% They lost something 24:18.500 --> 24:19.966 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:50% when that happened. 24:19.966 --> 24:20.833 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:15% Yeah. 24:25.700 --> 24:28.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% - I knew of the barriers, and the distractions, 24:28.366 --> 24:29.366 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% and the hurdles 24:29.366 --> 24:31.266 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% that I had to overcome. 24:32.400 --> 24:34.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5% That's what motivated me to continue my career 24:34.933 --> 24:37.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:47.5% when I went to the City of Pittsburgh. 24:37.166 --> 24:38.700 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% I wanted to make a difference. 24:41.466 --> 24:42.733 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% At that particular time, 24:42.733 --> 24:45.366 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% I was responsible for hiring and recruiting. 24:47.400 --> 24:49.533 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:67.5% She walked into my office 24:49.533 --> 24:52.000 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:45% and said that she was looking to work 24:52.000 --> 24:53.366 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% for the City of Pittsburgh. 24:54.766 --> 24:57.166 align:start position:10% line:10% size:55% - He said no one had ever taken the initiative 24:57.166 --> 24:58.366 align:start position:20% line:10% size:50% to do that before. 24:58.366 --> 25:00.000 align:start position:20% line:10% size:42.5% He said, there's something about you. 25:00.833 --> 25:03.033 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:67.5% - I kind of mentored her. 25:03.033 --> 25:04.533 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:50% From that point on, 25:05.566 --> 25:07.400 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% my head started to swell 25:07.400 --> 25:11.033 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% as she gradually rose up through the ranks, 25:11.033 --> 25:13.000 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% to become the Deputy Chief. 25:13.000 --> 25:14.766 align:start position:10% line:10% size:70% - And that as Deputy Chief. 25:14.766 --> 25:17.233 align:start position:10% line:10% size:70% - And that as Deputy Chief. 25:17.233 --> 25:19.366 align:start position:20% line:10% size:45% - I will well and faithfully discharge. 25:19.366 --> 25:20.600 align:start position:10% line:10% size:75% - I will well and faithfully. 25:20.600 --> 25:23.633 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% I'm the first African American 25:23.633 --> 25:25.033 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:50% to hold this title. 25:26.233 --> 25:29.233 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:55% But for the shoulders 25:29.233 --> 25:31.566 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% of the giants that I stand on, 25:32.966 --> 25:36.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% who are the members of Freedom House, I would not be here. 25:39.233 --> 25:40.966 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:72.5% Their hard work did pay off. 25:46.300 --> 25:49.566 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% - Freedom House brought the emergency room 25:49.566 --> 25:52.366 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50% out of the hospital, onto the street corner. 25:53.700 --> 25:57.600 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% - There was a need for us to take care of us, 25:57.600 --> 25:59.566 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% because no one else would. 26:01.133 --> 26:03.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:47.5% - Nobody was told that they're drunk 26:03.766 --> 26:06.366 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% and we're not gonna take you to the hospital. 26:06.366 --> 26:07.666 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:52.5% That did not happen. 26:10.233 --> 26:14.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% - We shared a lot of happy moments with the community, 26:14.466 --> 26:16.466 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% people in the hospital, 26:16.466 --> 26:18.633 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:75% doctors that said, thank you, 26:18.633 --> 26:20.200 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% I'm glad you were there. 26:22.266 --> 26:24.266 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% - We made a difference. 26:24.266 --> 26:26.533 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% We took care of people. 26:26.533 --> 26:29.433 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5% People who are alive today, because of us. 26:31.400 --> 26:36.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% - That is the legacy of Freedom House Ambulance Service. 26:37.133 --> 26:39.733 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:52.5% (upbeat piano music) 26:44.533 --> 26:47.666 align:start position:20% line:10% size:52.5% (somber piano music) 27:09.033 --> 27:12.500 align:start position:20% line:10% size:60% (somber music continues) 27:38.566 --> 27:43.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% The foundation of every EMS service in this country 27:44.700 --> 27:45.833 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% began at Freedom House Ambulance Service. 27:46.700 --> 27:50.433 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% (upbeat instrumental music)