ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — For the first time since the fiery crash outside the Kodak Center claimed the lives of three innocent people, we’re hearing from the two medics first on the scene of the tragedy.
The New Year’s shift for AMR paramedic Julie Purick and EMT Davin Eshelman started just like any other night. That changed suddenly when a speeding driver plowed at a crowd leaving a concert.
“We happened to be right around the corner– less than a mile away,” Purick explained. “When we turned the corner it was chaos.”
The team of two made it to the scene from where they were positioned in less than a minute.
“First thing we did was start triaging patients,” Eshelman said. “Part of the way through our response we were updated there were 6+ patients so from there, it clicks in your head you have to start triaging patients and that’s what we did.”
Their training and muscle memory kicked in as they focused on the job at hand, despite never being in anything like this before in their careers.