Posted by micp1219 at proxy2-external.oaks1.pa.home.com on October 30, 2001 at 15:36:18:
It was nice to see most of the people in the entertainment business have a real heart. I appreciated Kevin's thoughts. I was just as horrified as he and all Americans were. I'm a paramedic and I live in New Jersey. On the afternoon of 9-11 I was called by my dispatch center and early that evening I went to Giants Stadium in the Meadowlands to provide medical assistance to those injured. There were literally hundreds of paramedics, firefighters and police officers there.
Sadly, we were all released about 9:30pm when it bacame apparent that no patients were coming to New Jersey because everyone was dead. While only peripherally involved, it was the most devastating news any of us could have heard. It's still very difficult to come to terms with all of the events.
Since I started working as a paramedic 13 years ago I've worn an American flag on my uniform. Now I wear an evern bigger flag because just like Kevin, I'm so very proud to be an American.
Peace.