American heroes seem to show up when you need them. We should all be proud of Jeff, as he represents thousands of former servicement around us who help when needed. I'm personally proud of you Jeff and hope you recover well from this horrific event.
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After that I just walked around and took notes and went back into being a reporter. Once the paramedics showed, they said it looks good and put them in chairs and put them in the [ambulance] and my editor and I went back and started writing the story.
When I got back to the newsroom, casualty counts were difficult for us, so that is when I started going back to the military. I've made casualty boards before. I made the announcement that, "As you have facts, I need bullet points." We put them up on the board.
For me the flashbacks aren't so much vivid reconstructions of things of that happened to me, but the adrenaline feel of your legs are capable of doing anything but you can't feel them. You just kind of act. I lay awake for a long time last night trying to get my head around it. I haven't had to run on that kind of adrenaline for a long time. That was a very familiar feel for me.
I'm more worried about the depression that is going to follow. I know bad things can happen anywhere. It's just a bummer seeing it happen like this on such a large scale.
I got a call from one of my Army buddies last night. He was calling to make sure I was OK. I told him it's a kind of a curse. I keep finding myself at the center of these kinds of events.
I've been telling my wife the only thing that DeKalb has on the other places we have been is that no one has shot at me yet. I know that I wasn't shot at in this case, but this is too close to home.
—As told to Daniel I. Dorfman
© 2008
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