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Submission text: I work at Massachusetts General Hospital in the operating rooms of General Surgery and Trauma. At 2:30 in the afternoon on Monday April 15th 2013 I was finishing my last minute things around the OR on what was a normal Monday, getting ready to end my shift at 3:30. The next 30 minutes my life changed, and I and the rest of the city I call home were put in to the most traumatizing experience we have ever witnessed. For the next 4 to 5 hours I along with the rest of my team nursed back the most traumatized and grueling patients. I've been exposed to everything from gun shots and stabbings to car accidents and burns but there was nothing that could have prepared me for this. My mind along with others in the service with me go into a mode it feels like were emotions and everything that is not important is gone, out of the mind, to focus on the task at hand, keep this patient alive and get them better. We did what we had to do along with what was right. The bonding amongst my team was at an all time high, if we felt that one of us were breaking mentally we were there to pick each other up. The images I seen will never leave my brain, there's no words that can explain my emotions or what I witnessed. I along with the rest of us affected by us will no longer be hurt by this but only get stronger from this. We, Boston, Will live to run another day
Crowdsourced submission originally received via the Our Marathon "Share Your Story" page.
