Joseph Bitetto, who graduated from the New York City Fire Department’s EMS academy Thursday, was reunited with the emergency medical technician who’d saved his life 22 years ago after he was born early in his family’s Brooklyn home.

PHOTO: Joseph Bitetto was born at 28 weeks old in 1996. His father said he was in an incubator for more than a month.<br />
In 1996, Nick and Josephine Bitetto, Joseph Bitetto’s parents, had to call 911 when she went into premature labor in the bathroom. Joseph Bitetto was born at just 28 weeks old. Both mother and newborn’s lives were in danger.
PHOTO: Joseph Bitetto was born in 1996 at 28 weeks old in the familys Brooklyn home.

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Joseph Bitetto was born in 1996 at 28 weeks old in the family’s Brooklyn home.

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