For Bob's Kids
by Steven P. Velasquez August 31, 2010 This note was originally posted in a group of Jersey City Medical Center EMS employees. Today, August 31 is the birthday of Robert Dominick Cirri of the Port Authority Police Department who was also a Mobile Intensive Care Paramedic here in NJ. I offer this to Bob's family on his birthday to remind them of how loved he was/is and will continue to be. Happy Birthday Bob! May I look upon your countenance again some day. **************************************************************************** Bob was one of the first Paramedics I had ever encountered. I was 18 when I got in the game and volunteered in Union City, NJ. I used to remember him as "the guy who looked like Sly Stallone." Sounds goofy but hey, it was the 80's and I don't think that was an insult. Of course Rambo XII and Rocky XXV hadn't been released yet. I guess we all need to make money right? Bob struck me as very competent, but the...