Reader\'s Digest - 04.2020

(John Hannent) #1
FIRST RESPONDERS
The initial response of local medical
teams was as impressive as that of the
police, fire, and rescue units. Melissa
Webster, a manager at an ambu-
lance service, was at the scene with
an ambulance 90 seconds after the
blast. Fearing that her own trembling
building was about to collapse, she
had fled from her desk to the street
and had seen the black smoke rising
six blocks to the south. She and a col-
league leaped into an ambulance with
six other paramedics.
Within an hour, her paramedics—
only one team of dozens—had sent

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  1. The building’s
    nine collapsed
    floors made
    the rescue
    treacherous.
    2. The explosion
    occurred 30 feet
    from a childcare
    center.


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