On top of that, EMS isn't legally deemed an essential service, like fire and police. Many EMTs and paramedics work multiple jobs just to make ends meet. Some volunteers are compensated, via various means. Some get a stipend. In some areas, what appear to be volunteers are actually part...
My most memorable recollection was when one of the trains derailed near Oakleigh in 1953 or 1954. It caused a sensation in the Towson area. My Dad stayed home from work and he took me to the site to watch them right the locomotive. Coming home from school each day was an adventure in ...
"Here the police are always kicking me awake," he says.Like runaways worldwide, some of these children have fled abusive parents, starvation, or worse. Others leave home for seemingly minor reasons. Bishu, who's 18, recounts jumping a train near his home in the northeastern city of ...