Paul Besaw, 36, of Weston, Florida, died in the line-of-duty when alongside his partner when their ambulance crashed on Indiantown Road, just west of Military Trail on June 1, 2017.
Witnesses said the ambulance crash occurred when a car made an illegal U-turn, hitting the ambulance that Paul and his partner, Lahiri Garci, were staffing. They had been returning to quarters from a transport mission.
Colleagues said that Paul was a model first responder. He was an 18-year veteran of EMS known for mentoring new medical technicians and would answer their questions and calls no matter the time of night.
Paul started volunteering at the hospital when he was in middle school — he knew he wanted to help people. When he turned 18, he became an Emergency Medical Technician and then later a paramedic. Paul was finishing his Bachelors of Nursing at the time of his death. He was a proud father and loving husband. He is missed dearly by his family and friends.
You will be forever in our hearts, in our thoughts and forever missed. You where a wonderful husband to Dawn, a great father to Allison and a wonderful son in law. You are so terribly missed each day. God now has one of the really good ones with him.