Jersey City is putting residents' lives in their neighbors' hands

The World | Aug 31, 2015
Jersey City already boasts one of the lowest urban 911 response times in the US. But the city and its hospital have set an aggressive new goal that aims to respond to emergency calls in under two minutes. That’s unheard of in this country, but not in Israel.

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