Extraordinary acts of bravery, skilled EMS work and lion-hearted heroism were honored Wednesday afternoon at the FDNY & EMS Valor awards ceremony at Rossville’s Old Bermuda Inn.
The fentanyl epidemic nearly cost an EMT mom her life after a driver high on the potent opioid rammed into her in a horrific crash at Staten Island. Ashley Diaz did not leave the incident unscathed as the 29-year-old mom lost her right leg.