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'It wasn't pretty': Benjamin Gilmour on his darkest month working as a paramedic in Sydney


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Benjamin Gilmour has been a paramedic for the past twenty years. He has seen his fair share of drama. But the summer of 2008 remains etched in his memory for the very worst reasons.'The Gap' is a vivid portrait of the lead-up to Christmas; an unflinching, no-holds-barred look at what happens after the triple-zero call is made – the drugs, nightclubs, brothels, drunk rich kids, billionaires, domestic disputes, the elderly, emergency births, even a kidnapping. In this episode, Max Lewis chats to Benjamin Gilmour about the arduous process of writing 'The Gap', and reflecting on his month from hell over a decade on. The Gap: http://bit.ly/2pY5KBv
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