Stripes: DOD medevacs on the scene of New Orleans ‘chaos’

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Stripes: DOD medevacs on the scene of New Orleans ‘chaos’

Rivera has had two deployments to Iraq and a humanitarian mission in Senegal and Sierra Leone.

Rivera has survived roadside bombs and seen “hundreds” of people die, he said.

“You see this kind of thing” in Iraq, Rivera said, “but you don’t really think about it; you kind of expect it. That’s the way things are there.”

But this mission, Rivera said as he stood guard over rows and rows of patients lying on the ground on stretchers, is different.

“It was just such a shock to come to a great American city and see this.”

http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?article=31380งion=104

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Sun Sep-04-05 05:07 PM
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1. Interesting perspective from people with their experience.

Edited on Sun Sep-04-05 05:08 PM by enough

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