Jason,
Thank you for the well wishes. I stopped working the Marathon after a very long and tiring day of dealing with entitled runners telling me how to do my job of assessing their foot blisters in 1997. I am not sorry or sad that I wasn't there. I assisted in the training of at least 2 dozen people that were, and their actions were much more than heroic. They ran in without any regard of secondary devices (and I'm sure we're gonna be lectured on that) and did the job that we have trained for for years. It was never a question of "if", but "when." Well, we now know when, and every member of public safety in Boston can hold their head high knowing that they, or their peers, did an outstanding job. Three deaths is too many, but if it wasn't for a timely response, it could have been much higher.
I would like to point something out in this image that embodies the type of people that I work with. The female at the rear of the stretcher is not a BEMS EMT or parmedic, but Dr. Sophia Dyer, Medical Director for Boston EMS/PD/FD and senior ED Physician at Boston Medical Center. The first explosion took place at about 4:09:50 on the race clock-this image is 36 seconds later! Truly leading by example.
![[Image: slide_292101_2340592_free.jpg?1366062186000]](http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/292101/slide_292101_2340592_free.jpg?1366062186000)
Thank you for the well wishes. I stopped working the Marathon after a very long and tiring day of dealing with entitled runners telling me how to do my job of assessing their foot blisters in 1997. I am not sorry or sad that I wasn't there. I assisted in the training of at least 2 dozen people that were, and their actions were much more than heroic. They ran in without any regard of secondary devices (and I'm sure we're gonna be lectured on that) and did the job that we have trained for for years. It was never a question of "if", but "when." Well, we now know when, and every member of public safety in Boston can hold their head high knowing that they, or their peers, did an outstanding job. Three deaths is too many, but if it wasn't for a timely response, it could have been much higher.
I would like to point something out in this image that embodies the type of people that I work with. The female at the rear of the stretcher is not a BEMS EMT or parmedic, but Dr. Sophia Dyer, Medical Director for Boston EMS/PD/FD and senior ED Physician at Boston Medical Center. The first explosion took place at about 4:09:50 on the race clock-this image is 36 seconds later! Truly leading by example.
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