‘Truly one of the best’ Longtime paramedic in Hamblen County dies while responding to call

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‘Truly one of the best’ Longtime paramedic in Hamblen County dies while responding to call

MORRISTOWN, Tenn. (WATE) — A longtime paramedic in Hamblen County has died after serving the county for more than 30 years. On Friday, April 5, Captain Todd E. Giles, Paramedic, his partner Robert "Bobby" Johnson and AEMT Azlynn Ross responded to a leg injury. While walking up the street driveway, the Morristown-Hamblen Emergency Medical Service shared that Giles experienced shortness of breath and collapsed. Ross began "medical treatment and id…