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ananda

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7. That is so true, even secondhand.

Reply to Rocky888 (Reply #5)

Fri Dec 14, 2012, 06:31 PM

Dec 2012

I remember subbing with wheelchair kids, and one of them was there because his father threw him against a wall when he was an infant. I will never get over that. So I imagine it's ten times worse for the first responders.

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The first responders and EMTs are going to have an extremely tough time getting past this. [View all] 11 Bravo Dec 2012 OP

I can't imagine that any of them will be okay after this. Marrah_G Dec 2012 #1

Very true 11B... Cooley Hurd Dec 2012 #2

Worked in ER's for nearly a decade Tsiyu Dec 2012 #3

Geez. Wait Wut Dec 2012 #4

My firefighter husband says, Rocky888 Dec 2012 #5

That is so true, even secondhand. ananda Dec 2012 #7

kids in wheelchairs. (person always comes first :0) DonRedwood Dec 2012 #14

No, you never can. That's why I couldn't finish training for EMT. haele Dec 2012 #9

40+ years later... DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #6

Hey Bill DonRedwood Dec 2012 #15

These guys will never get over it. DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #18

. . . Le Taz Hot Dec 2012 #19

The cost is even greater than those precious lives lost. tblue Dec 2012 #8

The fallout from this will be horrendous. AngryOldDem Dec 2012 #10

The public servants who confront this suffer greatly but are of strong moral fiber. freshwest Dec 2012 #11

Perspective bakpakr Dec 2012 #12

A big hug to you bakpakr DonRedwood Dec 2012 #17

I still have nightmares nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #13

I am a municipal employee... ellisonz Dec 2012 #16

My first deployment usmc03 Dec 2012 #20

Thank you for your service, and welcome to DU. hrmjustin Dec 2012 #21

welcome to DU-- I hope you were able to get whatever help you might have needed? niyad Dec 2012 #23

No... usmc03 Dec 2012 #24

. Barack_America Dec 2012 #25

... Chorophyll Dec 2012 #28

before I read this post, I was reading about the first responders during the waldo canyon fire niyad Dec 2012 #22

They are removing the victims now per NBC Tsiyu Dec 2012 #26

Yes I will. I'll spare many moments for the first responders. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #27

Absolutely... OneGrassRoot Dec 2012 #29

I cannot even bear the thought of looking at the pictures of these children Skittles Dec 2012 #30