Many of the students graduating Wednesday from the Roy Campanella High School for children with special needs have overcome challenges. But 21-year-old Amari Jamison was a true miracle baby.

She was just 1 pound, 6 ounces at birth.

EMTs Vivian Lomacong and Jimmy Coyle discovered the baby while responding to a 911 call in Brooklyn.

"In the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of something in the tub and it was a sack. It was a baby and it was still in the sack with [an] umbilical cord attached," Lomacong says.

Amari's mother Devin says she didn't know she was pregnant when she began to bleed in the tub.

"I cut the cord and I took the baby out,” says Lomacong. “She was [the] size of my hand and she wasn't breathing. I gave her not breaths, I gave her puffs and I slightly massaged her chest, trying to get something to work. And her color started to come back."

Amari, who has cerebral palsy, spent six months at Woodhull Hospital to get strong enough to come home. Her family says she was born a fighter.

"She was counted out at a young age. She was counted out at birth. So for her to see 21 years and graduate, we're very proud of her," said Amari’s mother.

Celebrating with Amari on graduation day was Lomacong and Jimmy Coyle's mother. Soon after Amari was born, Coyle became a firefighter and died on September 11th. Both Lomacong and Coyle's heroism was recognized by the school's principal.

"I'm blown away by the school, blown away by Amari. You know life is precious. To live every day of every moment is a gift and I'm so grateful to be part of it," Regina Coyle said.

Amari didn't have much to say on her special day except to acknowledge how she's grown.

"I'm not a baby anymore," she said.

Amari plans to continue working at a chain clothing store, but now full time. Lomacong has retired after 25 years as an EMT, but says Amari's success is one of her most important achievements.

"We went to the academy, but you cannot learn that in a book. I've never seen or read anything on how to resuscitate a one pound baby," Lomacong said.

She’s become a kind of second mom to Amari.

"If I need anything she's always there. She's a good person. And I love her to death," said Devin.