Chattanooga man reflects on intense rescue video after recovery from fentanyl overdose

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The first words Ryan Scafe remembers hearing from paramedics after he overdosed were blunt and unforgettable: “We thought we lost you, buddy.”

Body camera video shows what first responders encountered in September 2019, when the Chattanooga man crashed his truck after overdosing on fentanyl.

Scafe said he later learned Chattanooga Police Detective Wolfe and other first responders and officers came to the scene and saved his life with several doses of Narcan…

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