They checked for pulses, they performed CPR, they comforted the victims. They were ordinary people who provided food and water to the first responders, who came together amid the carnage on Yonge St. on Monday afternoon with acts of selflessness, generosity and kindness.These are but a few of them. Bill PerivolarisPerivolaris, a long-time TTC special constable, was heading to Yonge and Finch Ave. on Monday to respond to a “red alarm,” a silent alarm used for high-level emergencies triggered on a bus at the intersection, when he realized that the situation was far more serious than he had imagined. “When I pulled around to the southwest corner of Yonge and Finch, I noticed that the fire truck in front of me stopped, and I saw all the carnage on the sidewalk, many bodies injured, bloodied up,” he told the Star. Read more:Opinion | Edward Keenan: Cop who faced down suspect in Yonge St. carnage an example for all of usOpinion | Shree Paradkar: After van attack, Toronto must go beyond momentary compassionOpinion | Martin Regg-Cohn: Toronto’s diversity offers a degree of immunity during times of terror Perivolaris and his young partner, who he was training that day, arrived at about 1:30 p.m., and immediately set to work checking on bodies and administering first aid. “The first thing we’re trained to do is make sure there’s an airway, heartbeat, breathing,” he said. “I just started moving down to one lady, went over and felt her, I knew she was not going to make it, and I moved on to the next one.” Perivolaris, who had been on shift since 5 a.m. Monday, ended up staying at the scene until about 7:30 p.m., moving down Yonge, helping people as best he could. When other TTC constables showed up, he helped in directing them. “I’ve been on here for 23 years, and what happened was, in my mind, my training kicked in, and my years of experience kicked in, and I was much too busy to think about what ...
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