Nurse who aided shooting victims in Aurora, Colo., theater attack drowns
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Source: [url]http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/21/13396810-nurse-who-aided-shooting-victims-in-aurora-colo-theater-attack-drowns[/url]
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Nurse Jennifer Gallagher, who helped treat victims of the Aurora theater shooting in Colorado, has drowned while on a family vacation in Iowa.
allagher, 46, of Denver, went swimming in West Lake Okoboji the night of Aug. 6 and her body was found the next day, according to the Sheriff's Office in Dickinson County, Iowa.
Gallagher, an Ireland native, worked at the University of Colorado Hospital for 13 years and cared especially for a shooting victim treated in the hospital's neurological intensive care unit, which she helped open. She was among staffers who met with President Barack Obama during his visit two days after the July 20 shooting rampage that killed 12 and wounded 58 at the Century Aurora 16 theater.
The hospital's nursing chief officer, Carolyn Sanders, said Gallagher was a "beloved nurse" who was well known for her ability to connect with people and develop caring relationships with her patients.
Her husband of seven years, Greg Pinson, told the Evening Herald newspaper of Dublin that his wife “loved saving lives” and was a “wonderful mother” to their son Jack, 5.
“We’re struggling to cope without her,” Pinson told the Herald.
He said he and Jack had gone to sleep when Gallagher and her friend took a boat out on the lake to go swimming.
"She wasn't a very strong swimmer and I suppose she just wasn't able to stay afloat. The hardest thing is I may never know what really happened to Jenny," Pinson said.
The County Meath native moved to United States in the 1990s to go to nursing school, the Herald said.
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Damn... Sad fucking story.
This story doesn't sound right. The husband gives a relatively detailed of account of what happened to his wife then says he may never know what happened to his wife!?
She wasn't a strong swimmer, but she and a friend took a BOAT out AT NIGHT to go...swimming!
At first I read the title as "Nurse who aided in shooting victims"
I think it's great that she helped the shooting victims and that it's horrible that she drowned, but... This doesn't exactly seem "news worthy," considering how people die everyday.
[QUOTE=LegndNikko;37365874]I think it's great that she helped the shooting victims and that it's horrible that she drowned, but... This doesn't exactly seem "news worthy," considering how people die everyday.[/QUOTE]
Everyone says this in every thread, just stop saying it god damn.
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I think saying "its not news worthy" should be bannable.
[QUOTE=AaronM202;37366244]Everyone says this in every thread, just stop saying it god damn.
[editline]22nd August 2012[/editline]
I think saying "its not news worthy" should be bannable.[/QUOTE]
You're being a bit harsh. I just don't see why she made headlines after dying.
[QUOTE=LegndNikko;37366308]You're being a bit harsh. I just don't see why she made headlines after dying.[/QUOTE]
Well in every single thread like this, someone says that exact thing.
Also she made the headlines because she was involved in a mass shooting.
[QUOTE=AaronM202;37366334]Well in every single thread like this, someone says that exact thing.
Also she made the headlines because she was involved in a mass shooting.[/QUOTE]
Occasionally, it truly isn't news-worthy. Like I said, people die constantly.
And I still don't see why her death made it. Even if it was relatively soon after. I doubt we'll see headlines about the other people involved when they die, unless it's relatively soon.
rip in peace
rest in peace in peace
[QUOTE=AaronM202;37366334]Well in every single thread like this, someone says that exact thing.
Also she made the headlines because she was involved in a mass shooting.[/QUOTE]
She wasn't directly involved in it, she just worked at the hospital where one of the victims was brought.
[QUOTE=faze;37361157]Source: [url]http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/21/13396810-nurse-who-aided-shooting-victims-in-aurora-colo-theater-attack-drowns[/url]
Damn... Sad fucking story.[/QUOTE]
I've heard sadder to be honest
[QUOTE=LegndNikko;37365874]I think it's great that she helped the shooting victims and that it's horrible that she drowned, but... This doesn't exactly seem "news worthy," considering how people die everyday.[/QUOTE]
This post wasn't post worthy considering how many people post this.
Oh [b]for fuck's sake[/b]
This woman died and you're spending a thread on her arguing on whether or not people should be allowed to say if they think something isn't news worthy?
[QUOTE=Lambeth;37367538]I've heard sadder to be honest[/QUOTE]
We all have.
ban swimming
[QUOTE=LegndNikko;37365874]I think it's great that she helped the shooting victims and that it's horrible that she drowned, but... This doesn't exactly seem "news worthy," considering how people die everyday.[/QUOTE]
So if a huge asteroid were to head on a collision course towards Earth and might completely devastate it, it wouldn't be news worthy because it happens all the time in the universe?
[QUOTE=LegndNikko;37365874]I think it's great that she helped the shooting victims and that it's horrible that she drowned, but... This doesn't exactly seem "news worthy," considering how people die everyday.[/QUOTE]
yeah why couldnt there been more explosions in the article so my ADHD can cope
[QUOTE=Murkat;37372856]So if a huge asteroid were to head on a collision course towards Earth and might completely devastate it, it wouldn't be news worthy because it happens all the time in the universe?[/QUOTE]Galactic news wouldn't report it, but we would. It's a matter of scale. I bet this was big LOCAL news.
Ban drowning
I went out on that lake a month or two ago, apparently some sections are practically 300ft (91.44m) deep.
[QUOTE=Tea Guy;37364868]At first I read the title as "Nurse who aided in shooting victims"[/QUOTE]
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