Monday, February 18, 2019

Allyn Pierce was recognized and celebrated by the Governor of California for his daring transport of patients during the Paradise fire, in his Tacoma


From the gov's state of the state speech:

"Most importantly, we have the generosity of our people.

Remember the story of the registered nurse in Paradise who was sitting in traffic, trying to escape the fire, as flames started to engulf his car. He thought, “this is it.” He recorded a goodbye video for his family. Then a miracle occurred: a bulldozer cleared burning cars out of his path. At that point, he could have driven away as fast as possible. That’s what a lot of people would have done.

Instead, he turned his car around and drove straight to the hospital in the middle of town, where he worked in the ICU. He and his colleagues started treating injured people. Then the hospital caught fire. They moved patients to a helipad 100 yards away as fast as they could.

Every single one of them was safely evacuated.

When he was asked why he did this – why he drove back through the fire when he could have saved himself – he shrugged and said, “This is what we do.”

His name is Allyn Pierce and he’s here with us today.

Allyn is right. Taking care of each other, showing courage when it matters most – this is what we do in California."

https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article226151065.html
http://www.speedhunters.com/2018/12/story-allyn-pierce-pandra/  if you missed the news on that

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