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Edwardsville Fire Department mourns loss of paramedic to COVID-19
Jason Taylor had been a paramedic with the Edwardsville Fire Department since 2018. Share Updated: 10:54 PM CST Jan 2, 2021
Jason Taylor had been a paramedic with the Edwardsville Fire Department since 2018. Share Updated: 10:54 PM CST Jan 2, 2021
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Show Transcript KMBC 9 S BIANCA BELTRAN SPOKE TO FIREFIGHTERS WHO KNEW HIM. BIANCA: IN A SMALL FIRE DEPARTMENT LIKE EDWARDSVILLE, THE CREW IS TIGHT KNIT. ALL RIGHT. BIANCA: THEY KNEW PARAMEDIC JASON TAYLOR TO MAKE THEM SMILE, ESPECIALLY ON A HARD DAY. ABSOLUTELY LOVED EVERYTHING AS SOON AS HE WALKED IN THE DOOR, HE WAS CORDIAL, JUBILANT. JUST ALWAYS ENTERTAINING. BIANCA: CHIEF WILLIAMS SAID HE WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID-19 AFTER CHRISTMAS AND DIED NEW YEAR S DAY. AND IT S REALLY JUST HARD WHEN YOU SIT THERE AND HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE OTHERWISE HEALTHY AND, YOU KNOW, RELL TISM YOUNG. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN TO HAVE
Edwardsville paramedic dies of COVID-19 complications on New Year s Day Cortlynn Stark, The Kansas City Star
Jan. 3 An Edwardsville paramedic died of COVID-19 complications on New Year s Day, the fire department said Saturday.
Jason Taylor had served the Edwardsville Fire Department for three years, the department posted on Facebook. We are saddened by the loss of Paramedic Taylor, Fire Chief Tim Whitham said in a statement. Jason served our city and our citizens with compassion and expertise; we will miss him dearly.
In a Facebook post, the City of Edwardsville Professional Firefighters Association wrote that Taylor loved helping others and photographing other firefighters.