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North Huntingdon EMS/Rescue mourning paramedic who died on duty

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NORTH HUNTINGDON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — North Huntingdon EMS/Rescue announced that one of its paramedics died while on duty.

According to North Huntingdon EMS/Rescue, Fred Manno, a paramedic/rescue technician with the service and a firefighter with Monroeville Volunteer Fire Department #4, suffered sudden cardiac arrest while on a patient detail on July 19. He was treated by his partner and taken to AHN Forbes Hospital in Monroeville.

North Huntingdon EMS/Rescue said Manno passed away peacefully in the morning on July 30, surrounded by family and “sisters and brothers from North Huntingdon EMS/Rescue and Monroeville VFD #4.”

Funeral arrangements are being made and will be announced at a later date.

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