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9/11 1st Responder Turns Passion For Helping Into New Weight Loss Business Mary Brauner of Scarsdale remembers vividly the hours following the terrorist attacks on 9/11 when she and her partner were called to the burning ruins of the World Trade Center. Brauner, a Scarsdale resident, was a paramedic for the now-closed St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Manhattan. The ambulance she was in was the second medical emergency vehicle to arrive on the scene. She would remain there for two days. Brauner’s exposure to the fumes had a lasting effect on the Cuban native, who was diagnosed with occupational COPD or -- chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder -- shortly after 9/11.…

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by Jon Craig