Keep writing Brother, it is therapy and many of us understand the need.
Thank you for helping all them people, I am sure those folks remember you as an angel sent by God. People like yourself and the others that helped are true heros. I'll either buy or cook you dinner/lunch if we ever meet. Your my hero of the day today.
The day before Moore, on May 19, a tornado tore thru Shawnee..
My grandma was being stubborn, wouldn't go to the cellar. The tornado lifted shortly after this video was shot and the center of circulation went over our house N. of Shawnee. Wind, rain and big hall pounded the house. Tornado debris fell all over our yard, and that was enough to make grandma realize she was being foolish.
The next day when the tornado started pounding Moore, you didn't have to ask her twice. She was feeble and could barely make it down the stairs, but she went in no problem that day. That was the last time Grandma would ever go to the cellar, she passed away later that fall.
Good and bad memories about that Moore tornado..
My grandma was being stubborn, wouldn't go to the cellar. The tornado lifted shortly after this video was shot and the center of circulation went over our house N. of Shawnee. Wind, rain and big hall pounded the house. Tornado debris fell all over our yard, and that was enough to make grandma realize she was being foolish.
The next day when the tornado started pounding Moore, you didn't have to ask her twice. She was feeble and could barely make it down the stairs, but she went in no problem that day. That was the last time Grandma would ever go to the cellar, she passed away later that fall.
Good and bad memories about that Moore tornado..
Question for you: I read the story and clicked on the photo of you with your grandmother. In addition to seeing the bond between the three of you, my eyes were also drawn to the pictures on the walls. (Yeah, it's the photographer in me.) Two of those look like hand painted paintings. Did your grandmother paint by any chance? The reason I ask is because my mother taught herself to paint.
Oh, and the one painting that can be fully seen looks like a western area, which made me wonder where she grew up or lived at some time.
I come from a multi-generational family of medical professionals and first responders. I made it through my first clinical of nursing school at SNU (RN was gonna be my second career) when I realized I was gonna wind up in the pen if I stuck with it. A ride-along on the upcoming July 4th with my LEO husband just cemented the fact in my mind that it takes a special kind of person to do what you folks do and I was not that kind of person. I posted about it here back in the day and many laughs were had at my expense. And that is perfectly okay with me.
Thank you for your service. And your wife and family for their sacrifice. People truly do not know what you guys walk through without giving it a thought for those of us who wonder wtf.
Thank you for your service. And your wife and family for their sacrifice. People truly do not know what you guys walk through without giving it a thought for those of us who wonder wtf.
Dealing with things you go thru in emergency services is a tough thing. Talking about them is one thing I never could do, hats off to ya.
Sincere condolences, and thanks for sharing.
You sir, are a true hero in my book.
You sir, are a true hero in my book.
I remember going to the Home Depot parking lot where various agencies were organizing and lots of people with medical experience through the reserves or former military service had responded. They didn’t have enough trained first reeponders to go around so eventually they asked a few veterans and marine reservists “do you mind dead bodies?” We all said essentially “well someone has to do it.” The thinking was that if a trained medic or EMT came upon a body they could simply move on to a living patient and we would take care of moving the deceased. I chose intentionally to not remember the name of the school we went to first, but I cannot for the life of me forget how to get there. I’ve tried to no avail.
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