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SUNY Oswego campus EMS celebrates 40 years of service

Founded in 1972, corps averages 350 calls a year, also provides mutual aid to city

By Debra J. Groom
The Post-Standard

Oswego, NY — Back in 1972, the state was going through some difficult financial times.

Edward Balabon, a student at the State University College at Oswego at the time, remembers how Gov. Nelson Rockefeller was proposing some drastic cuts. “He was canceling construction of the third dormitory and said he was going to close the infirmary,” Balabon said. “We said ‘Hey, there’s 9,000 kids here. What are we supposed to do?’ He said if we came up with a better idea, to let him know.”

In a stroke of what Balabon called “sober brilliance,” the students came up with an idea — they founded their own ambulance squad.

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