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Amish-Mennonite-raised EMT found his calling in medicine

HUMMELS WHARF — Jay Peachey worked as a mason, real estate agent and owned a landscaping business before finding his life’s purpose as a paramedic.

“I look forward to going to work every day,” the 41-year-old father of four said. 

Raised in the Amish-Mennonite community, Peachey started working in construction after completing his eighth-grade education.

“I thought I would do that for the rest of my life, but after 15 years my body was just exhausted,” he said.

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