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. >> in one split second, dominique romero went from healthy teenager to being confined to a wheelchair, but she refuses to be anyone's victim. in sacramento, rob ross ktvu channel 2 news. >>> san jose is trying to solve its problem of getting two medical emergencies faster. the city council voted late this afternoon to consider break up some fire crews to create smaller units so they can get to places quicker. new at 6:00, ktvu's robert honda is here now to tell us why firefighters say that sounds better than it actually works. robert. >> well, san jose does appear to be taking some small steps to possibly making some big changes at the fire department, all designed to theoretically get to emergency medical situations faster. >> the san jose fire department responds to numerous medical emergencies every day. today a young man on a bicycle was hit by a car downtown. he did not appear to suffer life-threatening injure ris, but it shook up the neighborhood. >> just the impact was just -- i saw the whole thing. it was actually horrible. >> observers appreciated the firefighters' response.

. >> dominique romero says through physical therapy and determination, she's able to move one leg this much. >> it's going to take time for me to build up walking around with the braces and walker. >> at the age of 19 years old she's permanently paralyzed from the waist down, but she knows she could have been killed. >> i'm glad i'm paralyzed rather than not here at all because that's how i really do see it. it went through my elbow, came out. >> for the first time on television, dominique described what happened the night she was struck by a stray bullet that flew into her house. >> it hit my side somewhere around here. that lodged into my spine. >> she was watching movie in a richmond home with a stepfather just before christmas when they heard gunfire outside as the two dove on the floor, dominique felt a sharp pain. >> i just started skreemg because i felt something. >> then something seemed wrong with her legs. >> felt like to me like they were going to sleep and, like they slowly filt from normal to going to sleep to, like, i just completely can't feel them. i was panicking prett