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Orange County’s communities are no stranger to the broader opioid epidemic faced by the country, and the local governments and first responders try to keep people prepared for knowing what to spot when someone is overdosing. One example happened earlier this month where an unexpected hero stepped in to ultimately help save a life: the Hillsborough mayor. Mark Bell was driving to town through the neighborhoods along North Wake Street on June 10 when he saw someone laying on the ground near one of the homes. “At first glance,” the mayor told 97.9 The Hill, “it looked like he’d fallen off the roof. And I went over, tried to communicate with him…he was unresponsive [and] sweating, convulsing, labored breathing.” Those symptoms, and Bell’s discovery of a backpack lying in the driveway, led him to believe something else was going on and he called 911. “At first, it was kind of hard to recognize what it was because the gentleman was convulsing, and it looked like a seizure,” Bell said. “...

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