Firefighters

Robyn Benincasa *Firefighter & Adventure Racer* 8/29/07 RBHR Dr. Kimball & 7/30/09 Dr. Su

Robyn Benincasa is a full time firefighter by profession and she has a full time passion.  She is a World Champion Adventure racer that has completed 10 Ironman competitions and 36 "expedition length" adventure races.  She has been in Sports Illustrated, Vogue, The New York Times, Hooked on the Outdoors, Adventure Sports and Inside Triathlon magazines, to name a few.

Robyn had her right hip resurfaced on August 29, 2007 by Dr. Kimball in San Diego.  She was back to full duty fire fighting and was actively involved with battling the blazes in the Rancho Bernardo fires, at only 5 weeks post op! Then she had her left hip resurfacing by Dr. Su on July 30, 2009 and was back to full duty at only 4 weeks post op!! A personal interview with Robyn is below.  Here is a video of Robyn , her bio and an update below:

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Mike Jenkins- Firefighter 07/03/06 Dr. Gross

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My name is Michael, I ‘m a 56 year old firefighter and a Captain on an Engine Company in Florida. I’m also a twenty sixth year veteran. I work at a station that averages fifteen to twenty runs a day. The station is also two story and has a pole.

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