Eight years after the September 11 attack at the World Trade Center, the children of 9/11 are still hurting but the feelings of sympathy seem to be waning.
Almost 3,000 children under the age of 18 lost a parent during the 9/11 attack.
The average age of the orphaned 9/11 children is 9 years; some were still [...]
Tags: 9/11 fatigue, 911, post-traumatic stress, psychiatric disorders, terrorism, Tuesday's Children
Posted in: Current Events
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My son was born in Korea. When I had my baby shower, another expatriate friend of mine told me how after delivering three babies overseas, she went home so she could have her fourth in an American hospital. But the baby had other plans, and emerged in the parking lot of a Piggly Wiggly grocery [...]
Tags: 911, breech, childbirth, delivery, EMT, premature
Posted in: Baby, News
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On Friday, our son started choking and had trouble breathing. When my husband and I couldn’t help him(using our basic layman first aid skills), I called 911 for help.
Incredibly, instead of an operator, I got a recorded message which stated that all lines were busy and that I should hold on the line until [...]
Tags: 911, choking, CPR, emergency game plan, first aid
Posted in: Parenting
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