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Danbury Off-Duty Chief Helps Save A Person During Flight From Vegas Danbury Off-Duty Chief Helps Save A Person During Flight From Vegas
Danbury Off-Duty Chief Helps Save A Person During Flight From Vegas This story has been updated. A Danbury deputy fire chief helped save the life of a person suffering a medical crisis on a flight from Las Vegas. The incident took place around 5:30 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 14, when Deputy Chief Bill Lounsbury was off duty on a flight from Las Vegas when he was altered that medical personnel was needed for a patient having an anaphylactic reaction.  He told the flight crew that he was an advanced EMT, said Danbury Fire Communications Coordinator James Gagliardo. Lounsbury quickly teamed up with a Connecticut pediatrician to treat the patient.&nb…

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by Kathy Reakes