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Rachael Wilson, FF/Paramedic - Baltimore, Maryland

Feb 10, 2007, 10:48

A fire cadet died Friday after collapsing during a training exercise, a fire official said.
Rachael Wilson, 29, was rushed about noon from the training site in West Baltimore to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center, said Chief Kevin Cartwright, a Baltimore Fire Department spokesman.
 
Two other firefighters were injured when they went to Wilson's aid, he said.

The exercise involved setting a fire in a three-story vacant rowhouse on Frederick Avenue and Calverton Road.

Wilson was the mother of an 11-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter, Cartwright said. She joined the firefighter paramedic class in November and was set to graduate next month.

Mayor Sheila Dixon extended her sympathies to the cadet's family, friends and co-workers.

"The sudden death of one of our firefighter paramedic apprentices is a tremendous loss for us all," Dixon said in a statement. "Her spirit of service and dedication is an example for us to follow."



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