When the paramedic opened the back of the ambulance, Shanaia winced at the strong scent of bleach. As they pulled the gurney out, Shanaia and the others gasped to see a teenage boy lying lifelessly. By the looks of the visible injuries, he was one of the people who were on the bridge when it collapsed.
Shanaia looked a the boy and he looked like one of those kids who thought it was cool to have tattoos and piercings at a very young age. She felt bad for the boy’s parents.
“The patient coded on the route and didn’t come back despite minutes of trying to resuscitate him,” the paramedic answered and Shanaia looked at him.
She thought the paramedic must have worked hard because of the incident and he looked haggard. Then she looked at the dead boy and remembered the situation. Shania and th
