EMT Rick William Vinzant
Louisville E.M.S.
Incident
Techician Vinzant's normal assignment was Communications. While riding with the Operations Supervisor to go to dinner one evening, they responded to assist a unit at the scene of a shooting. While assisting with the patient, Technician Vinzant suffered a heart attack and went into cardiac arrest. He was pronounced dead at Louisville General Hospital.
Technician Vinzant had a history of heart problems and was being considered for a heart transplant. Nevertheless, his condition did not deter his desire to help others. According to his co-workers: "If ever he had to pick the circumstances of his death, this was it."
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Louisville E.M.S.
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My brother never knew that he was my hero.He was a typical big brother. We lived at the Home of the innocents when we were children for a short time because our father was a truck driver and unable to be with us 24/7. I remember one day as we walked (home) from school he wanted went into a pet store that we passed by daily-----He made me stay outside! But later in life(he was a teenager) and girls where ALWAYS calling him.One day the phone rang and I was standing in the kitchen minding my own business and he told me to answer the phone and tell whoever was on the phone(it was always a girl)that he was not at home.....so I did when the girl ask to speak to him, I did what he told me to do----I said he just told me he was not here....can I take a message......I may have paid for that----but I still til this day beleive it was worth it and I still laugh about it. Our father is now with him in heaven and while I miss them both so much,I know they are having A GOOD TIME.
-- Sharon Vinzant-Ashba