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Reporters are made of this? |
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Written by ze
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Monday, 25 January 2010 09:56 |
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The Haiti tragedy has served to show what reporters are made of. Three illustrative examples: Portuguese reporters are not birds "The earthquake woke me up this morning, and I ran for the exit mostly because that is what I do when I see other people running and I don't know why. In the back of my mind I wondered, as I do with earthquakes in California, why the train is operating at that time of day? This aftershock led to a few important events. First, a Portuguese reporter got scared and jumped from the balcony of our dwelling (1 story). He was promptly surrounded by doctors and had a blanket around [his as Capone precautions?]. He might have fractured his ankle and told us that he was embarrased by the whole event. Another doctor in our group said that he should be because 1) he demonstrated his failure to excersize good judgement and 2) demonstrated his failure to fly. Secondly, no one at the hospital would return to the buildings. One lady told me before that when she heard a door open she would shudder with terror. No, an aftershock and people would rather die than be treated in the hospital and that's what seemed to be happening. In the morning very sick patients were exposed to too much sunlight. We worked to adapt and overcome by building outdoor tents, but it was still hot. Luckily supplies and help is picking up so we could get IV fluid to patients. One translator was moving beds and patients outdoors as the ones that couldn't run refused to stay. Though he smiled in this picture he told me he was warn out by the early morning. He was healthy."
Stroy appeared in http://baratunde.posterous.com/haiti-day-4-portuguese-reporter-demonstrates Dr. Gupta and the Belges http://www.kelowna.com/2010/01/19/cnn-reporter-sanjay-gupta-becomes-part-of-the-story-in-haiti/
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Last Updated ( Monday, 25 January 2010 14:53 )
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