A 23-year-veteran paramedic and former Marine died in the line of duty yesterday after finishing a shift at the FDNY Training Academy at Randalls Island, Fire Commissioner Robert Tucker announced on Thursday.

“The FDNY is mourning the loss of Paramedic Salih Abdur Rahman, a dedicated Paramedic who served the people of New York for more than two decades,” Tucker said in a statement. “He touched the lives of so many EMTs and Paramedics, and the many whose lives he saved. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife and his three young children, and his family and friends.”

Salih Abdur Rahman, 46, became a member of the FDNY in 2002 when he was 23. He was assigned to Station 8 in Kips Bay in Manhattan at the start of his career, before moving to Station 16 in Harlem and then Station 13

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