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Twitter mix-up lands Idaho Falls firefighter/paramedic in the national spotlight

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IDAHO FALLS – An Idaho Falls paramedic was recently thrust into the national Twitter spotlight after the NFL accidentally tagged him in a tweet instead of a football player.

Connor Cook works for the Idaho Falls Fire Department. His Twitter handle is @ConnorCook8. He has 231 followers.

Connor Cook, a football player from Michigan State, was drafted by the Oakland Raiders’ last week. His Twitter handle is @Connor_Cook03. He has nearly 40,000 followers.

During the draft announcements this weekend, the NFL inadvertently tagged firefighter Cook in a series of tweets – and he played along.

“I was sitting here at work and all the sudden my phone just starting vibrating off the hook,” Cook told EastIdahoNews.com. “It was fun for a while, but I figured I had better tweet them back and let them know they had the wrong guy.”

But as soon as Cook tweeted they had the wrong guy, others began retweeting Cook and he got even more attention.

“It got so much worse after I did that, I can’t even keep my phone charged for three hours now,” he said. “You know its all in good fun though, maybe they will invite me to some pre-season trainings or games.”

Keeping in the spirit of the mess up, the firefighter/paramedic even made a video showing him “training” for his new career.

“Nothing prepares you to be at work and you get the tweet that says you’ve been drafted number 100 overall,” Cook says in the video. “ And boy, what an honor for a boy from rural Idaho who has very minimal experience!”

Cook says he’s flattered by the attention and has even changed his profile description to: “a confused firefighter paramedic to an even more confused accidental NFL draft pick.”

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