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tblue

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8. The cost is even greater than those precious lives lost.

Reply to 11 Bravo (Original post)

Fri Dec 14, 2012, 06:36 PM

Dec 2012

I'm talking about the lifelong suffering of all the survivors, including the emergency professionals involved as you said, all the law enforcement and medical resources used, cleaning and repairing the facilities at the school, rehiring faculty at the school, funeral costs, doctor bills, families moving away....

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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