In every corner of our country, emergency medical services (EMS) practitioners are hard at work delivering hope and care to Americans in dire circumstances.

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Many of the injuries were sustained when fans jumped onto the field from a barrier as high as 15 feet in places, said Michael Authement, director of operations for emergency medical provider LifeNet EMS. Others were stomped on in the push to get to the field, he said.

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The dread was amplified when the director of the city's emergency management system said two EMS personnel and possibly three firefighters were killed.

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An unpublished late 2003 Internet poll conducted by the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians had 92% of EMS workers responding that they did not have AtroPen in their vehicles.

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Laurens County EMS director Terry Cobb, who was among the first emergency officials at the scene, said at least six vehicles were still on fire when crews arrived.

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