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nolabear

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7. Local news interviewed numerous people who helped.

Reply to Amaryllis (Original post)

Tue Dec 19, 2017, 12:58 AM

Dec 2017

There was a nurse, and several people who’d just had a bit of training for one or another reason, on the highway. They got out of their cars and did everything they could. They were the difference between life and death for some. If only we could connect to one another this way when we’re not in dire straits.

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Portland neurosurgeon on way to Seattle aids victims at scene of Amtrak derailment. Inspiring. [View all] Amaryllis Dec 2017 OP

By way of contrast, RepubliCONs put $179,000,000,000 in Medicare cuts into their TaxScam. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2017 #1

What a postive story malaise Dec 2017 #2

k and r...nt Stuart G Dec 2017 #3

Thanks for sharing that RandomAccess Dec 2017 #4

It is comforting to know there are people among us who know what to do in FailureToCommunicate Dec 2017 #5

Gives me hope suffragette Dec 2017 #6

Local news interviewed numerous people who helped. nolabear Dec 2017 #7