I-70 bridge named after Rostraver-West Newton paramedic who died responding to call
“Next week will be one of the hardest for us, our first Christmas without Matt,” she said. One of Smelser’s longtime co-workers, Jeffrey Pesarsick, now a flight paramedic with STAT MedEvac, recalled how Smelser was always ready. He talked about a conference he and Smelser attended in Washington, D.C., and, while the pair relaxed in a restaurant during a conference break, Smelser interrupted Pesarsick. “Man, that guy over there does not look well,” Pesarsick recalled Smelser saying. �...
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