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On 18 April 2016, the Unbelievable Facts Facebook page posted an image purportedly showing a paramedic and a doctor who in turn saved each other's lives: The story seemed like the most farfetched of urban legends, but it was in fact true. The photograph was taken from a news story from Los Angeles television station KTLA on 29 March 2015, and shows Dr. Michael Shannon, Chris Trokey, and three other firefighters from Orange County Fire Authority's Paramedic Engine 29. According to KTLA, Shannon saved Trokey's life in 1981, just after he was born: Trokey returned the favor in 2011, when Dr. Shannon was involved in a car accident: The photograph used in the meme was taken in 2015, when the Shannon and Trokey reunited for a charity event.
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