The World Trade Center Attack: Eye witness: observations of a physician on the outside looking in

Having personally witnessed the destruction at the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001, this paper presents my personal feelings and observations as an observer of both disaster and terror. Aside from the unimaginable horror as a result of the carnage, a feeling of helplessness was particularly...

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Autor principal: Chalfin, Donald B
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2001
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC137376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11737914
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc1057
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description Having personally witnessed the destruction at the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001, this paper presents my personal feelings and observations as an observer of both disaster and terror. Aside from the unimaginable horror as a result of the carnage, a feeling of helplessness was particularly prominent due to the inability to be able to care for casualties since most victims were fatalities. The passage of time has enabled a return to normalcy, however 'normalcy' carries a new definition due to the vastness of the tragedy and the sudden threat of bioterrorism and other weapons of mass destruction.
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spelling pubmed-1373762003-02-27 The World Trade Center Attack: Eye witness: observations of a physician on the outside looking in Chalfin, Donald B Crit Care Review Having personally witnessed the destruction at the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001, this paper presents my personal feelings and observations as an observer of both disaster and terror. Aside from the unimaginable horror as a result of the carnage, a feeling of helplessness was particularly prominent due to the inability to be able to care for casualties since most victims were fatalities. The passage of time has enabled a return to normalcy, however 'normalcy' carries a new definition due to the vastness of the tragedy and the sudden threat of bioterrorism and other weapons of mass destruction. BioMed Central 2001 2001-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC137376/ /pubmed/11737914 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc1057 Text en Copyright © 2001 BioMed Central Ltd
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title_fullStr The World Trade Center Attack: Eye witness: observations of a physician on the outside looking in
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title_short The World Trade Center Attack: Eye witness: observations of a physician on the outside looking in
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC137376/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc1057
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