The first Muslim to work with the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) faced such awful racist abuse that he walked away from the job for two years after being called a "terrorist" and being attacked.
Araf Saddiq was proud to have been the first person from South Asia, and the first Muslim to serve with his country's ambulance service - even if he didn't initially realise he was.
The 57-year-old from Chapelhall, Lanarkshire, was born in the UK to Pakistani parents.