Peterson , IA (KICD) — This is a story about two strangers – both with strong faith – who became friends after a near-death experience in O’Brien County.
KICD News visited with Peterson EMT Director Cary Klett and Denise Steffen from Sutherland 6 weeks after she nearly died.

Steffen says she lived her entire life not thinking about emergency medical volunteers.

Some rural communities are even going without emergency medical services today because a lack of volunteers and funding.