Paramedic Dies After Heart Attack During 911 Call

The man Dan McIntosh was trying to help during that call apologizes

Bensalem paramedic Dan McIntosh died doing what he loved -- helping people.

Sunday night when he was first on the scene of a 911 call, he was trying to help Edwin Agosto, who'd threatened to kill himself and took off running when the ambulance arrived.

McIntosh took off after Agosto.

"I heard something fall and I turned around and saw him on the ground and he wasn't moving," said Agosto.

"He [McIntosh] gave foot chase and suffered a massive heart attack and fell, suffering severe trauma to the head," said Fred Harran of the Bensalem Police Dept.

McIntosh's own rescue crew rushed him to the hospital, where the 39-year old husband and father of two was prounounced dead.

"What do you say to little girls, that their Daddy's gone?" asked Mike Golden, a friend and EMT for Bensalem Township.

Friends said McIntosh was a fantastic guy.

"If you needed something, he'd do it in two seconds," said Dan DiSilvo, President of Bensalem Twp. Rescue.

It was the first time in rescue squad's history that they'd lost a colleague. McIntosh was with the unit for 13 years.

"That's the job we signed up to do and you just try to come home safe," said Edward Copper, another Bensalem Twp. EMT.

Agosto, who investigators said had a history of mental issues, wanted the McIntosh family to know he was sorry.

"I apologize for everything! I mean right now, I'm shaking. I don't know. I did not want it to happen like this," said Agosto.

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