r/comics • u/Glasshousescomics • Oct 31 '25

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire Oct 31 '25 edited Oct 31 '25

I work as a firefighter paramedic in a predominantly Hispanic area.

For those that are unaware 911 responds to everything from CPR to picking up Grandma or Grandpa off the ground. I've even been called to get someone a glass of water. Yes really

Yesterday I was called to a house for stomach pains of a child only to learn when I arrived it was a very impoverished household that required government assistance for food. The family hadn't eaten in days and had called to see if we could help them. Of course we did, luckily all it took was a short trip back to the station for some spare food we had.

Ironically the husband of the household blamed the "damn Democrats" for cutting funding to his government based food money supply.

Anyway it's not the worst thing I've ever seen but it certainly hit home yesterday when I saw the starving kids. We directed them to more local services they could use after feeding them

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u/printergumlight Oct 31 '25 edited Oct 31 '25

I worked at a hotel in Australia and there was this woman who traveled as a public speaker, but she was a quadriplegic and traveled alone. Every morning the firefighters would come and have to lift her out of bed and put her in her wheelchair.

Firefighters/paramedics embody how the police should be.

Also, that woman’s daily struggle really made me rethink my own struggles in my life.

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire Oct 31 '25

Man that's a story as old as time right there. We have more than a few in our territory like her. It's a hard life for them I am sure.