By: Amy Slanchik
TULSA, Okla. -
Family, friends, and co-workers said goodbye to a long-time Tulsa paramedic Tuesday, after she died from COVID-19 complications.
Tulsa paramedics, EMTs, and firefighters left EMSA headquarters with lights and sirens, in Debbie Rusher s honor.
EMS workers from Pawhuska, along with Muskogee and Creek counties showed their support too. From Tulsa, the group made their way to Okmulgee for her funeral.
After nearly 22 years of service, an EMSA spokesperson said it is “incredibly difficult” to lose someone with Rusher’s wealth of knowledge, and her willingness to share that knowledge with others. For me to be here to just show her a little bit of how much I loved her was so important,” Mikka House-Moore said.