| Year Honored | |
|---|---|
| 1996 | |
| Honoree | |
| Debra M Samson | |
| Agency | |
| Hull-Daisetta EMS | |
| Agency City | |
| Hull | |
| Agency State | |
| TX | |
| Last Call | |
| 5/12/95 | |
| Cause of Death | |
| Ambulance Involved MVC | |
| Biography | |
| Debbie became an EMT in Canada several years before moving to the United States where she became a Texas EMT in January, 1995.<br /> <br /> She had joined the Hull-Daisetta Ambulance Service one month prior to her death, and had taken the EMT-I test the night before the fatal accident.<br /> <br /> On May 12, 1995, the ambulance Debbie was driving was struck by a tractor trailer in an intersection as she and her partner were transporting a critical cardiac patient to the hospital.<br /> <br /> Debbie was flown by Life Flight to Hermann Hospital in Houston where she later died of massive trauma to the chest and abdomen and closed head injury.<br /> <br /> Debbie's partner was treated and released, but their patient died later that afternoon.<br /> <br /> The driver of the tractor trailer was also treated and released. Debbie and her husband, Kenneth, were the parents of two daughters, Amanda and Tasha.<br /> <br /> She was also survived by her parents, Anna and Bob Proctor, and nine brothers and sisters. As a well respected and much liked EMT, Debbie is dearly missed by her co-workers.<br /> <br /> Honored 1996 |
The United States Official National EMS Memorial Service
