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Year Honored
1998
Honoree
Robin M Daniels
Agency
American Legion Ambulance Sevicer
Agency City
Eldred
Agency State
NY
Last Call
2/27/89
Cause of Death
Other Trauma
Biography
Robin Daniels was an EMT certified in both New York and Pennsylvania. She was a Red Cross First Aid instructor and an American Heart Association CPR instructor. One of the first women to join the American Legion Ambulance Service, she used her EMS skills in her work as a ranger with the National Park Service.<br /> <br /> At 6:35 PM on February 27, 1989, Robin was the first to answer a call only a half mile from her home. She parked her 1978 Ford pickup truck in a driveway across the street. As the 30-year-old EMT walked down the steep driveway to the home, her medical bag in hand, the truck slipped out of gear and began rolling toward her. It struck her from behind. She was pinned under the truck and dragged 23 to 30 feet down the driveway. She died later that evening at the hospital.<br /> <br /> "She was very outgoing, willing to help anyone, anytime" said Charles Myers, a lifetime ambulance corps member. She had been a member of the ambulance service since September 1987 where she taught medical training classes.<br /> <br /> Robin had been employed for years by the National Park Service as a ranger. She and her husband, Cliff Daniels, were one of the few married couples who worked as rangers.<br /> <br /> Honored 1998