Bringing Home Rebecca
by Steven Velasquez This morning, New Jersey's Police, Fire and EMS agencies were called into respectful action for the third time in as many weeks, to bring another young, deceased, member of service home. Flight Paramedic Rebecca Serkey's remains arrived at JFK International Airport early this morning to make her final journey home, following a fatal MEDEVAC helicopter crash July 17, 2014 near Newkirk, New Mexico. Rebecca (29) was a NJ Mobile Intensive Care Paramedic with Holy Name Hospital MICU in Teaneck and University Hospital EMS in Newark before following her dream and moving to New Mexico, to work with TriState CareFlight. Rebecca had also worked as an EMT for Holy Name Hospital, Teaneck, Ridgefield Ambulance Corps. and others. Today she was brought home surrounded by those who loved, worked with and respected her. Numerous EMS agencies including: Montclair Ridgefield Teaneck...