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Behind the scenes: Syracuse University Ambulance
By Jessica Cunnington
January 9, 2012 - 12:57am
SUA provides 24/7 ambulance services to faculty, staff and students at the university. The organization is almost entirely run by student members who are living a double life.

There are 75 students on campus that are committed Syracuse University Ambulance members, responding to emergency and medical calls daily. The student members cover overnight shifts, evening shifts or 24-hour shifts as they try to move up in position, gain more responsibility and learn more and more about people they serve.

Bond makes a difference on the job
By Alex Pines
April 20, 2011 - 9:10pm
A friendship between two Syracuse EMTs enables them to endure tragedies and threats during the overnight shift.

“You start to go crazy I think. You reach a point where you kind of don’t see daylight any more and you pretty much just exist at night.”

Despite feeling on the brink of madness at times, Casey White accepted that as a potential side effect of his career choice as an emergency medical technician at Rural/Metro Ambulance services.

White credited Matthew Nesbitt with helping him survive some of the intense and seemingly never-ending nights.

Flight grounded after emergency declared
By Shelby Fenster
November 4, 2010 - 4:51pm
Unidentified object raises concern on India-bound flight

A "full emergency" was declared on a flight traveling from Amsterdam, Netherlands to Mumbai, India.  According to CNN, an unidentified object was found on a pallet in the cargo hold of Delta Flight 70.

The plane landed safely in Mumbai and the cargo aboard is being inspected by bomb squads.  All 235 passengers and 12 crew members have been taken off the plane.

Pulaski mayor issues state of emergency
By Stephanie Narvaez
October 1, 2010 - 3:26pm
Syracuse and surrounding counties received record rainfall.

Record rainfall for Syracuse and the surrounding areas left many homes flooded and roadways closed Thursday night after a tropical storm blew through Central New York according to The Post-Standard.

Cortland county was hit the hardest getting 6.51 inches with streams and rivers exceeding flood levels.

Drill drives home a point
By Jenna Ketchmark
October 21, 2009 - 12:36pm
Mock accident on SU campus aims to raise awareness about the dangers of drunk driving.

A drunk driver crashed Wednesday on University Place next to the Pan Am Memorial, killing one pedestrian and injuring two others.

Though this tragic turn of events seems like freak accident, no one was actually harmed.

The two “injured” pedestrians were Syracuse University students who walked away from the scene and the dead pedestrian: a plastic dummy.