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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, August 31, 1988

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday August 31,1988 the stars and stripes paged tragedy s effect on children May take months to unfolds a Brenda Hoster flags were at half staff at Ramstein a tuesday.  writer Kaiserslautern West Germany a team of school psychologists said tuesday it could take months to determine the Impact on children who witnessed or saw news reports of sunday s fatal air disaster. We Don t know How it s going to unfold said Terry Arbuckle a school psychologist working with Baum older area schools. We be never dealt with this kind of situation  the Impact could go on for months said Michael Hart a psychologist with the department of defense dependents schools. We have to be prepared to Deal not Only with Chil Dren who were directly involved but also with those who have seen things on  Arbuckle and Hart Are part of a crisis intervention team assigned to the Kaiserslautern school District education resource Center. They knew of no Dodds students killed or injured sunday when three planes performing with an italian stunt flying team crashed at a Ramstein a air show. One of the planes plummeted into a crowd of spectators and exploded killing As Many As 49 and injuring More than 360. In the Wake of the disaster the psychologists advised teachers and parents to watch for Radical changes of behaviour especially in Young children. They can take Many forms Arbuckle said. They might see an acting out kind of behaviour but a More Likely reaction would be symptoms of  resource Center director George Carpenter received a Call from District officials monday morning asking him to be ready to provide assistance to children hav ing difficulty dealing with the air disaster. Carpenter said the team planned to use Many of the same techniques developed to Deal with the aftermath of the 1987 suicide of a Baum older High school Counselor. In addition Carpenter said school officials could ask for Community assistance such As chaplains army Community service personnel and Hospital psychiatrists. The Center was trying to land the temporary services of a military psychiatrist experienced in Deal ing with disasters resource Center officials said. So far Only Lan Stuhl elementary Middle school has asked for the Center s help. Two students failed to show up for monday s first Day of school prompting the Call but the students later were accounted for. Lan Stuhl is the site of the the army s regional med ical Center where Many of the injured from sunday s crash were taken. At other area schools principals were adopting a wait and see attitude tuesday. We Haven t had any problems that i know of said they might see an acting out kind of behaviour but a More Likely reaction would be symptoms of  Terry Arbuckle Ramstein High school principal Fred Drath. But what we Don t know is what problems might surface in  Drath said some Ramstein Junior Roth students were told to move their refreshment stand about two hours before the crash. The stand s original location was in the crash site area. Kaiserslautern High school principal Bill Leclair said students have been discussing the crash in the hallways but you d expect that with a disaster of this magnitude. But we Haven t had any need so far for the education resource Center team. Hundreds still hospitalized with severe Burns by Janet d Agostin and Regina Kirkendall staff writers Ramstein a West Germany four severely burned victims of sunday s fatal air show crash flew out of Ramstein a tuesday for specialized treatment at Brooke army medical Center in Texas while hundreds of injured remained hospitalized in Europe. A five member team from the Burn facility at Brooke arrived in West Germany late monday to inspect patients at Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center. The team two doctors two nurses and a medical technician left tuesday aboard a c-141 aircraft with three americans and one italian Man injured inthe crash. The plane was from the 2nd aeromedical evacuation so Rhein main  four severely injured people were air Force master sgt. Stephen Hull 32 army 1st it. Kim Strader 30 army pfc. Myron Riggs 24 and italian ande Rea  was accompanied by his wife Virginia. Also accompanying the wounded were Caruson Delaros and Pensa Esposito. Their relationship to the patients was not  Many As 49 Pepple died and More than 360 were injured after an italian plane crashed into a crowd of air show spectators at  injured were in 27 hospitals some As far away As Frankfurt 60 Miles Northeast of  of those hospitalized a majority of them Ger mans were being transferred tuesday to clinics across the country said Jirgen Dietzen spokesman for the Rheinland Pfalz Interior ministry. At Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center tues Day nine patients All americans remained in Good condition Hospital spokeswoman Marie Shaw  hospitals with severely injured or a Large num Ber of injured include Ludwigshafen City Hospital fifteen remained in intensive care with severe Burns condition , however were optimistic. Ten others were in stable condition but will need extensive skin trans plants. These patients Are expected to be hospitalized for at least six  clinic the condition of All nine patients remained unchanged including four with severe or life threatening injuries and the others with less is Janet d Agostino a severely burned i is carried aboard a c-141 bound for Brooke army medical Center san Antonio Texas. Severe injuries. It remained impossible to identify a severely burned Man in a coma. Homburg City Hospital an unidentified Man who suffered severe Burns died monday night. Eight of the original 41 patients remained in Homburg. Six were Chil Dren including one american. All were in fairly Good condition. The final two were German men in very bad condition. The rest of the patients had been released or transferred to hospitals closer to their Homes. Kaiserslautern City Hospital eight of the original46 patients were released tuesday morning. Another 27 had been transferred to hospitals closer to their Homes or to . Military hospitals. Some of the transferred patients were in critical condition but were expected to  City Hospital four of the five patients originally treated were sent to Aachen s special Burn clinic monday afternoon. The one remaining patient was in Good condition. Aachen Burn clinic eight patients were transferred to Aachen from Trier Kaiserslautern and land shut monday. All had suffered massive Burns. On patient transferred from Trier who had not been expected to survive monday had improved. Doctor were optimistic tuesday that he would live. Kusel City Hospital three patients remained in Kusel in fairly Good  City Hospital the Hospital was unable to update the condition of three unidentified severely injured men and one woman with less severe injuries. Lan Stuhl City Hospital eighteen of the original37 patients had been released. Three others were transferred to a French Burn Center in nearby Perlebach. Of the remaining 14, one was moved to the intensive care unit. None of the patients suffered life threatening in juries. All Are expected to survive  
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