SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- They say not all heroes wear capes.

“Good morning,” says Ruth Hamilton-Wilson as she loads gear into an ambulance.

This one wears a badge and a paramedic uniform.

“She’s repelled down mountains. She’s hung from a rope, trying to rescue people from a car because they’re hanging from a cliff," said Shaunte Jewell, Hamilton-Wilson's daughter.

Hamilton-Wilson packs up all the essentials including cold packs, splints and IV supplies for another day of running calls for American Medical Response.

“This stuff is heavy, and it gets heavier every year,” she said, carrying in the monitor.

This is what Hamilton-Wilson wanted to do her whole life.

“If I can make one person feel better during the day, it’s worth it,” she said.

Her years of work recognized in 2022 when

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