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Year Honored
2000
Honoree
Debora L Scott
Agency
Our Lady of the Lake College
Agency City
Baton Rouge
Agency State
LA
Last Call
11/14/99
Cause of Death
Ambulance Involved MVC
Biography
"She was in the peak in life. She was always happy and cheerful, always had a smile on her face."<br /> <br /> Debora Scott, an EMT with Borden Chemical, and a student at Our Lady of the Lake College under the Emergency Medical Services Paramedic Program, died on November 14, 1999, from injuries she received in a violent ambulance crash the previous day.<br /> <br /> Scott and another paramedic student were riding in the back of an ambulance to observe the two-person crew as part of their training. Both were ejected from the ambulance by the force of the wreck. The ambulance with red lights and sirens on was responding to a code 3 (serious) call, when a car ran a red light and collided with the rescue unit.<br /> <br /> Debora, 36, was a resident of Gonzales, Louisiana, former resident of Sardis, Tennessee, and a native of Virginia Beach, Virginia. She was a member of the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians and Epsilon Mu Theta, a fraternal order of EMT students at Our Lady of the Lake College. She was on the Dean's List and the President's List at the college and would have graduated in May.<br /> <br /> Debora Lynne Brown Scott is survived by two daughters, Shonda Kaye Scott and Samantha Lee Scott, granddaughter Ashlynne, parents, Joe and June Phillips Brown and a brother, Steven Brown.<br /> <br /> Honored 2000