Almost at the moment that Paul Featherstone emerged from the crush of concrete and rock at Thredbo in 1997, seconds behind ‘miracle’ survivor Stuart Diver, he became a national identity.  Soon the story of his brave, cold vigil as the link between the trapped Diver and the outside world was being told around the country.  But for the paramedic they call ‘Feathers’, it was just another day on the job.

Paul now tells his own story, one he shares with the hundreds of ambulance and police officers, medical teams, fire fighters, volunteers and others who work together to help save lives daily and at the major disasters that have punctuated Australian life over the past 30 years.  One morning in 1977, in the early days of the paramedics, Paul packed his car with equipment and drove to Granville where he spent 36 hours working in the wreckage of the worst train accident in our history.  Decades of service have followed – in storm tossed seas, on mountain tops, down sheer cliffs, in collapsed buildings.

In this inspiring and compelling book, Paul tells of the spirit of teamwork that he believes makes Australians special when the going gets tough.