The Importance of Job Training Opportunities in the Hill District

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Peter Safer was trying to find a way to train ordinary people in emergency medicine. David Lawrence arrived at Peter Safer's hospital and couldn't be saved because of the six minutes that he didn't receive care on the way to the hospital. The city, staring at the death of David Lawrence, finally says to him, okay, you have this idea Go ahead.

As recently as 1965, if you had a medical emergency, the people who showed up at your door would be volunteer firefighters, police officers, or undertakers with a hearse. Today, the story of how a group of Black men from Pittsburgh changed that.

Kevin Hazzard’s book is American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics.

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