McALLEN – On a seemingly ordinary, gray December day, STC student and paramedic Erick Ramirez had no idea that he would be in the right place and time to become a “hometown hero.” Ramirez and his partner had just gotten on shift when they spotted a giant cloud of dirt on the highway and slowed down. As they came closer, they saw an overturned van alongside a truck that had spun around from a high-speed, T-bone collision. They pulled over right away. Inside the van, a woman was still wearing her seatbelt and hanging sideways, but she was okay. The same could ...