Ten years ago at the Boston marathon, volunteer clinicians worked through chaos. Those bonds forged a 'family' of volunteers who now celebrate birthdays and holidays together.
When he heard the first blast, Jack Foley thought maybe a transformer near the Boston Marathon finish line had blown. Foley, then a college sports medicine director, ran into the smoke. He knelt to check on an older runner, on the street, holding one leg.“ 'Medical, medical, need you now,' ” Foley recalled another officer yelling, waving Foley toward a tangle of wood and metal fences. Foley saw bodies on the ground and smelled burnt clothing and flesh.
Inside a medical tent, about 50 yards from the first bomb site, nurse Lynn Landry was treating a runner knotted with cramps. She could hear screams. Through an opening in the tent, Landry saw bystanders and runners dash by, looking back over their shoulders.There was smoke and panic in the street as emergency personnel responded to two explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in 2013.
“I was shaking like a leaf,” said Landry, “but I got it in. And I thought, 'OK, this is what I’m going to do, just go from one patient to the next and put in IVs.' ” Landry had lunch that day with two other volunteer nurses. One of the women came with gifts, including pairs of red underwear. Many did, but others took the year off. A few said they’d return if they could wear bullet-proof vests or bring a gun. Marathon staff said no to those requests. Troyanos attended one security briefing after another. When the emotion-packed 2014 marathon ended, Troyanos was done too.
“Every one of these people,” said Troyanos, looking around the room, ”I trust them with my life. I know that they’re going to do what we need and I never question it.”
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