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slipslidingaway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 10:36 AM
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Comfort treats its first victims of Haiti quake
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-md.comfort20jan20,0,4501471.story

"ABOARD THE USNS COMFORT - The Navy's Baltimore-based hospital ship arrived close enough to Haiti to take aboard its first patients Tuesday night - providing urgent care to two severely injured quake victims transported from an aircraft carrier near Port-au-Prince.

Doctors were treating a 20-year-old man suffering from a spinal fracture and bleeding in the brain and a 6-year-old boy with a fractured pelvis.

The patients were brought aboard well before the ship reached its destination and hours after the crew had finished its latest round of training exercises..."
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 10:38 AM
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1. Huzzah for The Comfort!
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 10:39 AM
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2. Whew, I thought it was Ray Comfort.
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pinto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 10:40 AM
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3. Kick
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slipslidingaway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 11:21 AM
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4. Thanks for the knr's - some good news for the people of Haiti. n/t
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 11:00 PM
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5. CNN said they expected to treat up to 30,000 patients.
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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 11:01 PM
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6. Recommend
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JimWis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 11:18 PM
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7. K&R
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