Paul Novicki, 51, an EMT from Huron Township, Michigan, died from Covid-19 on April 9. Novicki, who had contracted the disease along with his partner, died after a long fight with the virus.
“He saved people’s lives and he made other lives better just by being there,” said his son, Zack Novicki.
Zack remembers his father being on the front lines saving lives for more than three decades.
“He was a first responder. He lived his whole life saving people, his work was absolutely his passion,” Zack said. “I mean there’s some weeks where he would work 100-plus hours a week because it’s absolutely what he loved to do, help people. That’s what he was all about and he’s a hero to a lot of people.”
A hero who had spent the last two weeks hospitalized fighting for his own life after he and his partner at Rapid Response EMS, Rob Nemeth, contracted Covid-19. Nemeth finally recovered but Paul didn’t.