For These South Orange Rescue Squad Volunteers, There’s No Retirement From Helping Others

By: Francesca Cudrin

Outlets: Village Green NJ

Published: March 18, 2026

Words: 815

Last Updated: 1 month, 4 weeks ago

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After decades away from emergency medical service, Robert Bianchi returned to the South Orange Rescue Squad at age 60 after rediscovering two old EMT patches in a memory box his late mother had saved for him.

“When I turned 60, I wanted to reclaim something I had left behind,” Bianchi said.

Bianchi had originally volunteered with the rescue squad in the 1980s before stepping away to focus on his legal career as an assistant …

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