‘Always ready with a smile’: family and friends pay tribute to slain paramedic Steven Tougher

Wife, parents and sister praise the father of one's compassion, kindness and love for his job as an ambulance paramedic

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Steven Tougher has been remembered as a man always ready with a smile", who touched and bettered the lives of those around him before his was cut drastically short.

On Saturday afternoon, Tougher's wife, Madison, parents Jillian and Jeff, and sister Jess issued a statement on behalf of the family, paying tribute to Tougher's compassion, kindness and love for his job as an ambulance paramedic.