An earthquake along the New Madrid Fault has just hit the Midwest, devastating many communities.
In St. Louis, bridges have collapsed, roads are twisted, and buildings are crumbling. More than 40,000 people are trapped in Busch Stadium. Moments after the rumbling stops, hundreds of first responders scour the city on search and rescue missions.
That’s the kind of approach needed to save lives, said Maj. Kelly Hudson, project officer for Michigan-based National Guard Task Force 46, which this week co-led emergency response training in the St. Louis region.
“That's somebody's mother, father, brother, sister that's trapped inside. It could be yours,” Kelly told participants in the training exercise. “So there's a lot of empathy there. That's one of the things you want to train on … I love that you want to run to the sound of the gunfire, but we've got to do that methodically so that it's a marathon, not a sprint.” READ FULL ARTICLE