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[On-screen text: When I'm high, there's no turbulence I'm just testing my endurance It won't be the first time An artist comes by ambulance – Fouki]

[Background music]

[On-screen text: Répit, 6 inspirational stories]

[On-screen text: Inspirational story #3]

Anne-Marie: I think I would have died. Really.

Narrator: The street workers are a constant presence. In summer, some of them walk through city parks to help those in need.

[A shot of an empty bench in the park from above.]

Dave: I'd see them, but I didn't know what they did. I just knew there was a guy sitting in the park, and that he was there. Later, I understood they were there for the young people who were waiting. Let's say you needed to go see them, ask a question, get some stuff, a Naloxone, just in case, for people who overdose, or something like that, well, they're there.

[We follow a sped-up shot of a car driving through the streets.]

Dave: Naloxone is basically a kit. Say you overdose because what you took contained fentanyl, you inject Naloxone, which gives you more time to get to the hospital, without your organs shutting down.

Anne-Marie: I've been through some tough times in the last 2 years. The case workers were really there for me. I lost my father 2 years ago this month, and my instinct was to call a street worker because I didn't know who to turn to. I really wasn't doing well and I didn't know what to do. I texted a street worker. It had been 3 or 4 years since I'd really used Répit Jeunesse's services. That was my instinct, because I knew they'd help me even if I wasn't using their services, that they'd welcome me.

[A group of girls sits talking on park benches.]

Narrator: The street workers strive to meet people's needs, go to where the people are and be there when they're needed.

[The car keeps driving through the streets.]

Anne-Marie: I think I'd be dead. Really. I was using so much … People say that using leads to jail, the hospital, or the morgue. Well, in my case, it could have been the morgue.

If I hadn't met that street worker, I probably wouldn't have known that treatment existed. They're there specifically to refer us to other organizations that can help us too.

It saved my life.

[The car arrives at the emergency department entrance.]

[On-screen text: Thank you for inspiring, not judging.]

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