About that violinist on the derailed train many were so quick to pillory. . .

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. As I posted in that other thread

I was an EMT in another country, thankfully. And one of our priorities, after the obvious triage of people, was to reunite people with possessions. One of the funniest, in a way, it was a bus wreck so there were few funny things about it, were a bunch of chickens. They got lose during the accident. They were given to the bride during a wedding in a rural area. They were as valuable to the new couple as a violin is to a professional musician. They asked about the chickens to one of my crews on the way to the ER, and that was conveyed to the rescue group over the radio.

We chased the damn chickens in hard ground to chase them, beating both the sun and the coyotes. One of the chickens incidentally did not make it. So I guess the coyotes had dinner that night.

To us reuniting the chickens with the couple was as important as setting bones and starting IVs and using backboards. In fact, I had more volunteers than there were chickens to be chased. But that is ok. You would never believe how fast those critters can run.

I sometimes ache for the level of cruelty many people have in this country. I wonder if people are so self absorbed in their own tragedy that they do not understand that getting people together with things that are important for life should be part of the disaster plan. She needs that instrument, as much as that newly wed couple needed those chickens.

It might not be obvious, to some. But I would have the same issue with losing my camera gear.

And as I also posted in that other thread... 15 minutes in, she has no idea about casualties, she was in the proverbial state of shock, not the medical one. I get it. I understand it. I hope she recovers her instrument.