As she lay drenched in blood and dying on the sidewalk after being stabbed 32 times by her boyfriend, little did she know it was to be the beginning of her fairytale. Melissa Dohme, from Clearwater, Florida, was just 20-years-old when Robert Lee Burton Jr slashed her hands, arms, face and head outside her home, the attack only stopped by a passing couple. Clearwater firefighter-paramedic Cameron Hill, 38, responded to the 911 call, which he said was the goriest of his 17-year career. Scroll down for video Fate: Melissa Dohme and Cameron Hill were brought together after he was the paramedic on the scene when she was stabbed 32 times by her ex-boyfriend
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Melissa Dohme was allegedly stabbed more than 30 times in her face and neck in January by her ex-boyfriend
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Dohme stands just over 5ft; her ex-boyfriend is 6ft4in and 245 lbs
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Flat lined four times and had 12 pints of blood transfused
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Said meeting her paramedic boyfriend was her fairytale
In October last year when Melissa was speaking at a Clearwater church, two of her first responders surprised her - one of whom was @placeholder.