A medevac helicopter stopped traffic Tuesday afternoon on the George Washington Parkway to rescue an injured D.C. Fire and EMS canine, and now, a well-respected cadaver dog is heading home from the hospital. Friendship Hospital for Animals staff treat Kylie, a German shepherd that works with D.C. Fire and EMS. (Courtesy D.C. Fire and EMS) Kylie, a 6-year-old German shepherd, seriously hurt one of her hind legs while helping another law enforcement agency conduct a search in the area. She underwent surgery at the Friendship Hospital for Animals in Northwest D.C. and is recovering well. She’s expected to be home around 4 p.m. “We treated her like we would treat any one of our members who suffered a severe injury,” D.C. Fire and EMS spokesperson Vito Maggiolo told WTOP on Tuesday. “She is considered one of the D.C. Fire and EMS family.” Kylie and her handler, Sgt. Paramedic Gene Ryan, travel to other places to share their expertise. Last month, they received an award for excellence in public service. The dog’s work around D.C. includes helping out in the aftermath of the Arthur Capper Senior Apartments fire and finding more human remains last year.
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One attack, many Americas: Why 9/11 and its many griefs land differently 25 years later
NEW YORK (AP) — When the planes crashed and the buildings fell on that sunny September morning 25 years ago, the shock waves of dismay and grief went far past downtown New York City, rural western Pennsylvania and just outside Washington, D.C.
They radiated through every part of the United States in communities large and small, tearing at Americans' sense of safety and their place in the world. Hearts were broken across the nation, not just of those who lost their loved ones but among strangers who mourned for them, the Sept. 11 attacks leaving no one unaffected in an unwanted moment of horrifying togetherness.
A quarter of a century later, the effects linger. We all live in a post-9/11 world, with its security strictures and surveillance. But here's the thing: Americans don't all live in the SAME one. What the attacks and their aftermath have come to mean isn't a single viewpoint shared by everyone, for reasons chronological, political and personal.
It's a tapestry of meaning and grief as varied as the nation in which 9/11 took place.
