"I was like a little kid in a candy shop. I couldn't get enough," she says of her early years as a paramedic. "The bloodier and the worse ... the better I performed." She adds: "It also goes back to being needed"
As a firefighter, Christy Warren made rescuing people her life's work. Her toughness earned her praise from her peers. But after decades of rescuing others, suddenly Christy became the one who needed saving.
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