“Shame Almost Killed Me”: Firefighter Christy Warren
Christy Warren is a retired Fire Captain from the Berkeley (California) Fire Department. She has twenty-five years of service as a paramedic, with seventeen years as a firefighter. In 2014, she was diagnosed with PTSD and spent several years recovering. Christy plays ice hockey, and since retiring from the fire service she completed a business degree, a triathlon and the Escape from Alcatraz swim. She lives in Pleasant Hill California with her wife and her dog Harriet.
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