My job, My City, My World
Hello everyone, my name is Alex Rosa. I was born and raised in New York City area and love it. I can’t imagine living in any other city. Is there any other place in the world as diverse as this one? 
There are over 170 languages spoken here, and 36% of NYC’s current population were born outside of the United States. With an estimated population of 8,274,527 residents within an area of 304 square miles, New York City is comprised of five boroughs: Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Staten Island, and the Bronx.
New York City (officially known as The City of New York) is the largest city in the United States. This city is an important epicenter for international affairs, hosting the headquarters of the United Nations. Historically, this city has many renowned landmarks, the Statue of Liberty, Wall Street, Chrysler Building, Empire State Building, and the footprints still remain of the former World Trade Center, just to name a few. 
I was forced to grow up quickly in this fast moving city, as I became a father to two wonderful children at a young age. I sought a career that would be satisfying, intellectually and physically challenging, as well as one that would afford me the opportunity to be fiscally responsible for my family. So in 1995 I enrolled in a Emergency Medical Technician class, and the rest is, as they say, history.
I began working for New York-Presbyterian Emergency Medical Services as a EMT and eventually became a paramedic. NYP-EMS is the largest hospital-based ambulance service in the City of New York. Thirteen years later, there’s still nothing I’d rather be doing and the only place to do it is here in greatest city in the world.
September 7, 2008 at 12:39 am
My link is http://annwill.wordpress.com I am one of the students in your class. I will need to share your information with my son who loves New York and was in the Twin Towers just six weeks before these wonderful buildings were terrorized. I like your blog!
September 8, 2008 at 6:12 pm
No one will ever fully appreciate what exactly we do until they do it themselves or ride along with us. It is a very fulfilling job. It is one that I still get up early every morning that I have shift. I’m into my twentieth year and it has been a fast twenty years!
It may get frustrating at times when you know the system can be better if things were re-organized to run more efficiently. We just have to keep doing the best job we can, work hard toward our degree, and make the right changes when we are decision makers. Talk to you later!
September 10, 2008 at 3:19 pm
I, too, am a native New Englander (south of Boston). New York has certainly come a long way since the early 90s in terms of cleanliness and safety; my last couple visits there have been much nicer than my first. How hard is it to get an ambulance around in the traffic in the City?
September 13, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Let me just say thank you for all that you do. I have so much respect for firefighters and policemen. You do something that most of us do not want to do. You put your lives on the line every time you get a call. My cousin lost her husband in the line of duty ten years ago. He had gone back into a building to recue someone they thought was still inside. Unfortunately the building collapsed and he never made it back out. We sometimes do not think about the sacrifices that people make for us.
November 16, 2008 at 2:10 am
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