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I have been watching the news to try and catch this. I haven't seen anything online, on the televised news or in the papers.
Late last night I got a call from a friend that I met in North Omaha. He sounded paniced. I told him to calm down and tried to pry information from his mixed sentences. Last thing he said was commentary about a mutual friend in the hospital.
Another friend from Carter Lake called and said he had been in North Omaha and heard gunfire down the street. I started putting credit into the calls because this friend and my friend from North Omaha were in completely different circles and I believe don't even know about eachother. People he was with ran down the alley to try and catch a view. I guess one house full of people was having problems with others down the street and it evolved to a gunfight between several houses. Couple people I know personally were in Immanuel Hospital.
I called up there to ask about one and the person I talked to said something about too many gunshot wounds to remember, must look it up. Obviously I was quite worried.
Thismorning I watched the news before work and checked the papers. Nothing. I've been checking online news, nothing. At lunch we watched the news at Taco Bell while we ate. Talked the people behind the counter into turning the TVs to news channels. Nothing. I watched during dinner after work, nothing.
At work papers came across my desk relating to a couple of the victims actually being at our hospital. I wanted to pay visits to the rooms and see if I knew them but I kept my distance. I'm just a little irritated that nothing is being mentioned of this. I don't even know the true scope of this yet. Just stories. Stories, comments and the fact that a hospital 25 minutes away from the scene has victims. There are 2 or 3 hospitals closer. Wonder how many they have.
Late last night I got a call from a friend that I met in North Omaha. He sounded paniced. I told him to calm down and tried to pry information from his mixed sentences. Last thing he said was commentary about a mutual friend in the hospital.
Another friend from Carter Lake called and said he had been in North Omaha and heard gunfire down the street. I started putting credit into the calls because this friend and my friend from North Omaha were in completely different circles and I believe don't even know about eachother. People he was with ran down the alley to try and catch a view. I guess one house full of people was having problems with others down the street and it evolved to a gunfight between several houses. Couple people I know personally were in Immanuel Hospital.
I called up there to ask about one and the person I talked to said something about too many gunshot wounds to remember, must look it up. Obviously I was quite worried.
Thismorning I watched the news before work and checked the papers. Nothing. I've been checking online news, nothing. At lunch we watched the news at Taco Bell while we ate. Talked the people behind the counter into turning the TVs to news channels. Nothing. I watched during dinner after work, nothing.
At work papers came across my desk relating to a couple of the victims actually being at our hospital. I wanted to pay visits to the rooms and see if I knew them but I kept my distance. I'm just a little irritated that nothing is being mentioned of this. I don't even know the true scope of this yet. Just stories. Stories, comments and the fact that a hospital 25 minutes away from the scene has victims. There are 2 or 3 hospitals closer. Wonder how many they have.
posted by pointofaccess @ 8/18/2006 09:47:00 PM
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