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Staff officers of the Jacksonville Beach Volunteer Life Saving Corps, from left, Reed Pilcher (1st registrar), Nicole Emerson (3rd mate), Josh Singletary (2nd mate), Dan Leonard (1st mate), Max Ervanian (lieutenant), Bill Horn (captain), Ryan Karish (instructor), Kaitlin Whited (asst. instructor), Travis Blakeslee (1st quartermaster), George Alverio (2nd quartermaster) and Alex Pilcher (1st registrar). (photo by Johnny Woodhouse)
Bill Horn never intended to pursue a career in emergency medicine, but a summertime surfing accident on Jacksonville Beach changed all that. In June 1991, Horn was surfing 10 blocks north of his home on 15th Avenue South when he suffered a depressed skull fracture after slipping off his surfboard. A 19-year-old college student at the time, Horn turned at the last possible second before the rail…
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