Helping hands

Patient-medic reunion is held at Acadian Ambulance in Ville Platte
  • Evangeline Parish Sheriff Charles Guillory (right) greets Clayton Fontenot (left) at the patient-medic reunion. Pictured in the center is Deputy Zach Williams. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
    Evangeline Parish Sheriff Charles Guillory (right) greets Clayton Fontenot (left) at the patient-medic reunion. Pictured in the center is Deputy Zach Williams. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
With containers full of homemade pralines and popcorn balls, a man walked into the Acadian Ambulance Ville Platte Station to meet and give thanks to the many personnel who saved his life following a stroke and heart attack. Clayton Fontenot explained he does not remember much of anything from the day he suffered his cardiac arrest but expressed thanks to his son, Logan, for working hard to keep…

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