[TXBubba]

Please give more info for those of us without cable.

[tiki]

I'll be certain to watch the rerun, I would like to see some uplifting reporting.

[MizSterious]

I saw them. They said they trained to be nurses so they could help people, and they would not leave while their patients needed them. Now they're stranded too. I hope someone gives them a break--and a ride to safety.

[Congressman Billybob]

I agree. For the cubicle-bound, these two nurses were called in before the hurricane hit. They had many chances to get out, but they stayed on, as a team with everyone else in their hospital, for three straight days. They only left when rising waters and lack of supplies made their hospital unable to provide even minimal care to their patients.

At one point, they even moved all their patients seven floors, by hand and in the dark. Finally, as their hospital was dying as a medical institution, they stayed at their posts until all their patients had been evacuated. Then and only then, they got on a boat and went to the Dome to seek evacuation for themselves.

I hope I told their story correctly. And, yes, these women are heroes. Why did they do this? As one of them said, "That's what it means to be a nurse."

Congressman Billybob

Latest column: "The Dutch Solution to the New Orleans Problem"

[Boazo]

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