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Hiker waiting for rescue ends up as part of team that saves paramedic on way to help him

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (MCT) — In a remote stretch of rugged granite landscape in Shasta Trinity Forest, Air Force Maj. Jeremy Kilburn, a 34-year-old critical care pulmonologist, broke his leg while hiking last week.

He required rescue by helicopter — and instead, he became part of a team of rescuers helping save a grievously injured California Highway Patrol paramedic named Tony Stanley.

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