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Most people began filing out of the door almost immediately after the lights went out, trying to avoid the stifling heat of the party. Some clambered out the windows...
...first thing you feel is the heat. Even on a warm, sunny day, the patient rooms and hallways of the burn unit at New York Presbyterian Hospital are heated to 85[degrees] F. For the most severely burned, that's still not warm enough; with so much skin scorched away, the body can no longer keep up the temperature that internal organs need to function...
...taped to the wall inside each room tells the story: on front- and back-view sketches of the human body, doctors have shaded in burned areas and included handwritten calculations of the extent of the damage. In many cases, more than 70% of the body is darkened. "The intense heat and the inability to get away [are what] makes these burns so severe," says Dr. Roger Yurt, director of the unit. One patient, scorched by a fireball of debris, lies almost completely swathed in bandages under a tent of heat shields and blankets. Another, propelled forward by a ruptured steam...
...second plane crashed into the South Tower at 9:05 a.m. I was directly across the street from that building when I heard a loud explosion, looked up and saw a large ball of fire, and felt a wave of heat hit me. Everyone started screaming and crying as they ran away from the Towers. I was trying to run as quickly as I could without tripping in my heels, trying to stay ahead of the sharp pieces of glass or concrete I was convinced were flying right at my back...
...little more than a year ago, in the heat of the presidential race, the Bush camp felt compelled to keep Tom Ridge at arm?s length. Today, Pennsylvania?s Governor is taking over the most visible position in America?s war against terror...