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Firefighter pays family’s electric bill to keep teen on ventilator

The firefighter paid the bill after responding to a call at the home; the electricity had been cut off and the teen had limited time left in the batteries of the ventilator

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CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — When the call comes, firefighters like Ryan McCuen always rush in, never quite sure what they’ll encounter.

On February 11, McCuen walked into this: a mother at wit’s end, a bedridden 18-year-old on a ventilator, his emergency battery power soon running out, and electricity to the home cut off by the local power company.

“I just happened to be put in that spot to do what I was supposed to do,” said 35-year-old McCuen. “I was just doing what you’re supposed to do.”

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