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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, September 4, 1988

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vair amidst the frames by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer e remains unknown and. Until now Unsung half running Hall propelled by the Bias of exploding Jet fuel a Yard Behan re him he apparently raped a scorched tangle of barbed wire and Lawn Haws. Ihen raced away through to chaos of bodies and hoeing spec la tors and stopped turning he Man dashed Back into the churning smoke and stooping near a blackened Motal drum scooped a toddler Iran the line of flames. Then terrified child secure against his Chest to raced away again Anonymous perhaps but Safe. Tho old Cial investigation of last week s collision o three italian stunt planes at the rams Einair show continues but one tact already is Clear out at the death and debris Hava emerged the stories of Many who risked their own safety so that others could live. Driven to reach the injured they struggled Back through the Onrush of screaming bul Mobile survivors la find those who could not flee. Spec. Thomas kenyan had just looked Down Al his camera to Sec How Many shots he had left when he head the explosion. I heard a loud Boom. It did t realty Register in my mid what it was. Then there was a another big Boom. And you could feel the ground  standing about 200 feet from the crash site Kenyon began running toward the lire there wore Puoplo sitting on the ground ical still he said. A lot of the people were / so Pink with Liilie bubbles on their skin " Kenyon. A patrol dog handler with the 164th my co in Miessau. Started helping medics pick up the most seriously wounded we were using Beer benches and door tables to carry the bodies sic Charles Reynolds of the 576lh Ord co in Neu Brucke remembers first running away from the crash site with his Wile. But i looked Back and saw i did t have to worry about me getting i so i yelled to my Wile to keep going and i ran Back to help people a couple of people were walking around. On ire. Got them to Lay Down and Roll i got the ire out on  As others alarmed putting ice on the Burn victims Reynolds began stomping out flames on the grass. Over by the Van where the plane came Down Thoro was a Man on the ground on Fie f got thai out but he was Aliea Oydean basically we us tried to help what we could " spec Paul Gazzono and five Oiler soldiers irom the 95lh my in in Mannheim were among spectators who ran to a Dine explosion area. I could in l Hove lived with Lysol it 1 had done otherwise he said Mazzone saw people comforting the injured Slang into aces that weren t faces he watched As one Man with his Hai burned olt severe Burns an his upper Chest and arms carried another Man with Lewer injuries to an ambulance. A seemed the Epi Lomy of internal so Rengh he said. German Sheet Metal worker Wax Roosen just three weeks out of a first Aid course already was in his car when he heard of the crash on the radio. He Teo ran toward the Nightmare of flames. It was the Only thing for me to said. The initial Blasl slammed sgt Mary Peterson Olf her chaff and fire a woman s body on lop of her i got up and started to run. I was so nervous when it happened bul then i said what am i doing running away people need help " said Peterson whose Ace became covered with blood while trying to resuscitate people. She was left wearing a Pink tank top with her Latigue pants having Given her shirt for bandages. On monday Peterson the non commissioned officer in. Charge of the Ramstein allergy and immunology clinic slowed Down Tang enough to have her sides painful irom her All diagnosed. She had broken and bruised ribs. People Una Ramod in medical procedures helped in any Way they could staff sgt. Richard Smith a medical service specialist irom the Ramstein clinic remembers people reaching Oul with firs Aid kits my heir cars. It was almost like taking an altering at Church this Guy came in with like seven or eight of these personal Lisl Aid is. He said where do you want these " the seven or eight quickly grew to 40 or 50, with stacks not Only Al the clinic but it the casualty information Center at a base theater. One airman from Raf upper Heyford England having heard about the crash Al his hotel pushed to the scene and worked there until Midnight Laler offering his services at the theater. The kid stayed Here until so clock in the morning said Volunteer Connie Norwood when he got ready to leave 1 said i d like to gel your name and where you work so i can get a Lisl of volunteers he said of i m just toy hero wish i could do More bul i have to get Bach to . Iii Start walking which Way do i go " Slaff sgt. John. Flanagan of Wiesbaden s Lindsey air station and his wife Wilh their two children strapped in strollers look their places in a human Chain formed to keep people from blocking emergency vehicle lanes. We were trying to do crowd Contros Flanagan said. I Don t have the medical expertise to have helped the  while some reports have emerged questioning the adequacy of emergency Aid available at the air show witnesses say . Military and German medical specialists at the scene both on and Olf duly clearly kept tha death loll irom climbing higher. We had medics running toward a burning helicopter to get the Piziol out knowing that it had seconds before in was going to explode. Medics who ran away from the initial blast immediately jus pivoted and ran Back toward  said tech. Sgt Diana Weber of the Ramstein clinic. Women were coming out of the crowd saying. I m a nurse i m a registered nurse can help " Weber said. At the army regional medical Center in lands Uhl where More than j15 victims were treated volunteers without medical training formed human Supply chains and conducted traffic. Many Al the casualties arrived still smoking and burning. Water had to be poured Over them said or. Col Richard w. Stengel met of surgery. We were slipping and sliding a Over the place As is continued to take care o More and More casualties Swengel said right behind us under our feel and amongst us were the folks who normally Are Here As the cleaning Force. There was a Fella working in the Accident room in a Blue pin Stripe three piece suit mopping floors. "1 know absolutely that nobody Callec  physician assistant 1st i. Linda Theobald marvelled at How Many non medical personnel remembered Basic medical procedures such As improvising backboards and slings throughout the ordeal. And 600 people tried to give blood makes you kind of think boy what fabulous place we live in too bad it took this much to make us realize How Good our neighbors  in Many instances workers at the crash silo helped badly injured children while no knowing whether their own families were Safe. After the dust sol lied i was wonder my Vohon to were picking up in bodies said sgt. Patrick Allely. A clinic pharmacy technician. I was hoping none of them were mine. 1 found out later icy were Home  the casualty information Center at Thi Heater also was never at a loss for volunteers. Norwood happened upon the theater sunday on the Way Back to her car. She look one look around and said to Hersel my god. These people need  except or maybe a Dwen hours of sleep she s been helping Ever since. People showed up on their lunch hours and after completing their regular Shudis Norwood said. They d come in and say i m Oil duly and i Don t Hava to be Back at work until 7 o clock tomorrow morning i want to help " airman 1st class Lance Peltier was among lire in hers who doused flames caused by the crash of two of the Haviari jews irom the recce Tricolour Aerial demonstration team. After those fires were extinguished Velkei went to help victims across the runway where burning Jet Luo was attempting to Claire the Nocent Felker grew quiet when he reflected on the pandemonium he witnessed. A faint smile crossed his troubled lace As he told of a Man without a pulse on whom he and another person Paris me cardiopulmonary and Mouth to Mouth resuscitation. I saved a life he said.  toll report Wiwi Jimd Audi Irano Davit turn no in  dint e Page 14 the stars and stripes sunday.1  
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