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[rhino91063]

Most of the patients I saw that day were the walking wounded. I see far worse in my regular job. In a way it was sad that we never saw the number of wounded that you would have expected. More were killed then wounded. I remember through out the day there was always rumors of big influx of causilities, but that never happened. Our squad took about 24 patients to the hospital that day. I think the most impact on me was actually providing emotional support to the firemen that had escaped the collapse their comrades didn't. I remember one just sort of was staring off into space, with a blank expression on his face. The other two were concerned about what was going on, but you could see they were devestated. After an hour or so, they forgot their minor injuries and major emotional trauma, picked up their gear and headed back on a boat to ground zero. Those guys were truely heroic.