Laurie Allen had to run through a wall of flame to escape the August wildfire. Doctors went to extraordinary lengths to try to save her.
Tag: Burns
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Honolulu Burn Unit Put to the Test by Fires in Maui
An island airlift brought some of the fire’s most severely wounded survivors to a Honolulu hospital unit created for just that kind of mass-casualty moment.
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We Suffer Too Many Fools Who Start Wildfires
With so much smoke polluting the air so early in the fire season, we should finally stop thinking of wildfires as out of our control.
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Survivor of White House Lightning Strike Embraces Third Chance at Life
On her 28th birthday, Amber Escudero-Kontostathis was struck by lightning in Lafayette Square. Three other people died. Her heart stopped twice, but she lived.