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TIL Army vet Gregory Holeman needed a ride to the hospital, but his care via the Veteran's Admin. didn't cover a 911 ambulance. He asked his sister to call a social worker but she misdialed and Jimmy John's answered; so JJ delivery driver Zack Hillmer (a U.S. Navy vet) drove him to the hospital.

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