The heroic nurse leads to a truck through the Forest fire of California to help save lives, viral
"I just kept thinking," I'm going to die in the melting plastic. "
California is currently ravaged by a devastating forest fire that has already claimed the lives of 42 people. More than 7,100 structures, most of them are destroyed and more than 200 people have been disappeared. Friends and family members of missing people take social media to help find their loves, andTrump President Facing criticism for what many perceive as a weak response to the most murderous fire in the history of the state.
As a result of so many terror and loss, a man committed an incredible act of bravery in order to save lives. According toNew York Times journalistJack Nicas, a nurse namedAllyn Pierce Driven straight through the rising flames to help set up a fortune hospital.
Pierce manages the ICU in Adventist Health, a hospital in the city of Paradise, which has been practically destroyed by fire. After attending the evacuation of the hospital, he and two colleagues jumped into their truck and tried to head on security, but quickly became engulfed in flames.
"Allyn held his cloak against the window - a futile guard of intense heat - and put on Peter Gabriel's" in your eyes "to calm down," Nicaswrote. "He recorded a goodbye message to his family:" Just in case it does not work, I want you to know that I really tried out. "
"I was like, I think I finished," "drillRecountThe New York Times. "I just kept thinking," I'm going to die in the melting plastic. "
Pierce was lucky. A bulldozer hit a burning truck away and managed to escape. But instead of heading for safety, he returned directly to the hospital to help the wounded.
There, doctors and nurses had set up a fortune hospital on the car park, dealing with dozens of patients like the fire that surrounds them.
When the hospital caught fire, they managed to move everyone safely to the Hélipad of the hospital.
Despite the fact that these incredible efforts have probably saved the lives of these people, Pierce does not consider himself as a hero. "That's what we do," he said. "Any nurse, any health worker, any cop, they were there and they all did their job ... We are terrible to the engraving to death, but we are incredible to take care of people."
Pierce's family is one of many residents who have lost home at the camp. To help them rebuild, you canDonate to their GoFundme. And for another story that proves heroes walk every day among us, read about timethisHarrison Ford saved a woman in a car accident.
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