It's been nearly a year since Yadira Arroyo was killed by her own ambulance, but her onetime coworkers haven't forgotten the Bronx EMT's death. Paramedics and emergency medical workers will mark the anniversary of Arroyo's slaying Friday evening with a vigil at the site where she was run down as her alleged killer awaits trial.
Arroyo, a 14-year FDNY veteran and mother of five, and another EMT were on the way to a 911 call on the evening of March 16, 2017 when they heard a man was riding on the back of their ambulance.
When they got out to see what was happening, the man, Jose Gonzalez, allegedly jumped in the driver's seat, backed the ambulance into Arroyo and dragged her along as he tried to flee. Arroyo eventually died at Jacobi Medical Center.