Off-duty Paramedic Rescues Man Who Sawed Arms

Paramedics - AP

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Fire Capt. Art Hurtado was making an off-duty visit to a home improvement store when he encountered a horrific sight - a man had deliberately cut his own arms to the bone with handsaws....

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