USA: WOMAN SEVERLY INJURED DURING SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS ON WORLD TRADE CENTRE IS RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL AFTER OVER FOUR MONTHS OF TREATMENT

Record ID: 965432

  • Title: USA: WOMAN SEVERLY INJURED DURING SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS ON WORLD TRADE CENTRE IS RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL AFTER OVER FOUR MONTHS OF TREATMENT
  • Date: 29th January 2002
  • Summary: (U6) NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (JANUARY 29, 2002) (NBC - NO ACCESS CNN/USA/INTERNET) 1. MV: NEWS CONFERENCE WITH ELAINE DUCH, BURN CENTER PATIENT IN WHEELCHAIR 0.06 2. SCU: DUTCH IN WHEELCHAIR 0.14 3. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) EMS WORKER PAUL ADAMS SAYING: "We just put her on the stretcher, did patient care. A priest came up, asked her is she minded if he give her last rites, he did that. And then we shot her out of there, me and my partner Moose. We went to Saint Vincent's, and then we went back in." 0.32 3. SCU: SOUNDBITE (English) DUCH SAYING: "Well I thank God that I'm here today, because when I got hurt on eighty-eight I said 'God, save me,' and he did. (REPORTER ASKS IF SHE REMEMBERED THE EXPLOSION) "Yes, there was like fire. I was in the hallway in my office and then all of a sudden there was like a fire, and if I was a few feet further in I would have been probably blown up, or if I was a few feet back I probably been OK." 1.08 4. SV: SOUNDBITE (English) DR. PALMER BESSEY, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE BURN CENTER, SAYING: "She was critically ill on the ventilator and many forms of life support. She had burns over seventy-seven percent of her body, and she also had a severe injury of her lungs. Eventually we were able to start to treat the extensive burns. She had her first operation on September 18th and her seventh and last operation on December 11th." 1.35 5. SV: DUCH 1.42 6. SCU: SOUNDBITE (English) DUCH SAYING: "I want to just go back to the way I was. As far as plans I don't know what I plan on doing. Maybe take a nice long vacation. Definitely Atlantic City, Paul's going to take me." 2.01 7. WIDE OF DUCH NEWS CONFERENCE 2.05 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
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