“….putting herself basically in harm's way of radiation. She put a little lead [protective vest] on and stood there and held her hand and then held her hair while she went through the scanner, so she wouldn't have to go through alone."
![to learn the status of injured children. Dr. Jon Gayken, a trauma surgeon, said there were many moments when hospital and EMS workers at HCMC went to great lengths to comfort the injured and scared children, including a nurse manager who ordinarily wouldn't be involved in trauma response:
"One of the children was very scared and alone because everybody was running about doing their jobs. And she went into the CT scanner with the patient, putting herself basically in harm's way of radiation. She put a little lead [protective vest] on and stood there and held her hand and then held her hair while she went through the scanner, so she wouldn't have to go through alone."
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I don’t know why, of all the things I’ve read and heard in the last 24 hours, this was the one that broke me. I was driving when I heard it on the radio and nearly had to pull over.
