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   An FDNY EMT and mother of five was killed and her partner was   
   injured in the Bronx Thursday when a man stole their ambulance   
   and drove into one of the first responders, sources and   
   witnesses told the Daily News.   
      
   The nightmare unfolded in Soundview around 7:10 p.m. as the   
   pair, both women, were responding to a call about a pregnant   
   woman.   
      
   They were alerted that a man was riding on the back bumper of   
   their ambulance, officials said.   
      
   The EMT, Yari Arroyo, a 44-year-old mother of five and a 14-year   
   veteran of the FDNY, died at Jacobi Medical Center, where her   
   partner, Monique Williams, 31, was treated for minor injuries,   
   sources said.   
      
   The man, 25, was taken into custody but the police did not   
   identify him publicly.   
      
   Witness Anis Nagi, 40, said he and others flagged down the   
   ambulance when they saw the suspect riding on the back.   
      
   The medics pulled over.   
      
   “The female EMT came out of the vehicle,” Nagi said. “She left   
   the door open.”   
      
   The man started to walk away, but then turned back and went   
   around her to the cab of the ambulance and got into the driver’s   
   seat, officials said.   
      
   As the emergency medical workers struggled with the man on both   
   sides, the vehicle throttled backward — and into Arroyo.   
      
   “He reversed so hard and she was dragged,” Nagi said. “He ran   
   over her and she went under the wheels.”   
      
   Video of the horror shows the ambulance reversing into a green   
   taxi before lurching forward and cutting across traffic.   
      
   Arroyo can be seen being dragged beneath the wheels of the   
   massive vehicle. The ambulance then turned onto Watson Ave.,   
   slammed onto the sidewalk, and hit a parked car, officials said.   
      
   The EMT’s motionless body lies in the middle of the street.   
      
   “They were acting very bravely, they certainly wanted to   
   continue on their way to the call,” FDNY Commissioner Daniel   
   Nigro said after meeting with Williams and Arroyo’s family at   
   Jacobi. “This person had no business being in this ambulance.”   
      
   Justin Lopez, 20, shot the video as his brother was driving   
   toward the ambulance on White Plains Road.   
      
   “I was coming from the street, up to the red light and I just   
   saw the ambulance, the sirens and lights, and I told my brother   
   look something’s happening, and then somebody just hopped in,   
   and then he hit two cars and ran over the person,” he said. “I   
   realized he was hijacking the car.”   
      
   An FDNY EMS dispatcher called frantically for an EMT in need of   
   assistance just after the incident.   
      
   “Get going, get going, get going, get going, get going!” the   
   dispatcher called out.   
      
   A second video shows the stunning aftermath of the carnage.   
      
   As an off-duty MTA police officer subdued the suspect, Williams   
   wailed in horror over her partner before trying to kick the man.   
   Nancy Montavo, an office manager, said the screams will haunt   
   her.   
      
   “She was screaming ‘my partner, my partner.’ She was screaming   
   hysterically. I can’t forget her screaming,” Montavo said. “All   
   the police came running and they put her in an ambulance.”   
      
   Mayor de Blasio joined Nigro and other officials at the hospital   
   Thursday night.   
      
   "We know our EMTs are brave and do crucial work, they save   
   lives, they should not ever have to be subjected to violence,   
   yet the danger always exists for them," the mayor said.   
      
   Arroyo is the eighth member of EMS killed in the line of duty,   
   officials said.   
      
   Gov. Cuomo tweeted, “EMTs are heroes who help countless New   
   Yorkers every day. Tonight’s tragedy in the Bronx is horrible.   
   My deepest sympathies to the family.”   
      
   http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ems-workers-   
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