He did a very, very excellent job here, and we're a Level-1 trauma center, so he regularly dealt with things like gunshot wounds, stabbings, burns, fractures and other serious injuries. He was very focused, very organized, very efficient, and he took a lot of pride and responsibility in caring for his patients.

We're all just devastated out here. None of it makes any sense.

He was always on time. He would always show up for the shift. People are really distressed, I think the whole medical staff is.

Things happen, people change,' is what Amanda said. For her that covered it. You wanted an explanation, and ending that would assign blame and dish up justice. You considered violence and you considered reconciliation . But what you are left with is a premonition of the way your life will fade behind you, like a book you have read too quickly, leaving a dwindling trail of images and emotions, until all you can remember is a name.

I think it's a general rule of thumb ? the force of the water will not allow you to walk through if it is over your knees.

You know, I'm always surprised when I read profiles, and they make me sound so jaded. I am so not jaded.