Scottish Borders Twin Responders Spark Double Takes After 23 Years Across 3 Emergency Services
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Updated · BBC.com · May 19
Scottish Borders Twin Responders Spark Double Takes After 23 Years Across 3 Emergency Services
2 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 19
Lee and Liam Myers—identical twins working in the Scottish Borders—have spent more than a decade causing confusion at emergency callouts, with members of the public sometimes thanking the wrong brother afterward.
More than 23 years of combined service explains the overlap: Lee is now a Scottish Ambulance Service paramedic team leader after earlier fire service work, while Liam has served as a Police Scotland detective constable since 2012.
Lee said the mix-ups have included a crash victim becoming distressed at seeing two identical responders, while locals joked there was only one brother with three uniforms in the car.
Uniforms now usually help distinguish them on duty, though off-duty encounters still trigger mistakes; the brothers say they never swap roles professionally despite doing so occasionally at school or in a village shop when younger.
As Scotland reforms its public services, what can be learned from the Myers twins' unique cross-agency experience?
How can the unique bond of twin responders offer advantages that even advanced predictive 'digital twins' cannot?