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New characters!

The muns’ minds are always busy with new characters so here’s an introduction to the characters you’ll be seeing in our stories or have already come across them.

Lance Emerson

Face claim: Julian McMahon

Born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, Lance’s childhood was comfortable and filled with privilege. His mother was the COO (chief operator officer) of a corporation, and his father a traveling businessman—both came from well-to-do backgrounds. Lance was the first-born son out of five children and was the clear favorite. Living in a gated community, he attended the most prestigious private schools the country had to offer. Money was never an issue for him or his siblings, but he was well aware that his parents gave him the biggest allowance of them all, and he had more freedom to do whatever he wished. He developed an aggressive and superficially passionate charisma that drew people to him like moths to a flame. This gained him plenty of followers who admired his sharp wit and business perception that he learned from his parents.

Rory Hawthorne

Face claim: Jensen Ackles

The biological brother of Leon, Rory was only five years old when he lost his life. Both boys carried the skin-walker gene, but only one of them would be allowed to embrace it; the other had to die.

Rory's young soul was sent to Purgatory, when he was forced to quickly adapt to a strange, dark world where only the strong survived. After much running and hiding, Rory came across a collective of monsters, lost souls like him. They took him under their wing and taught him how to fight. During this time, Rory was able to adapt to his surroundings and develop his own, unusual powers. The rage he felt toward his own brother had never left him, and thus created malevolent energy within. While his physical body died at the tender age of five, his spiritual body grew into adulthood.

Mason Sawyer

Face claim: DJ Cotrona

Mason Sawyer was second in command up until the moment Dick Roman met his end by a group of hunters, this sprang Mason forth as the Leviathan’s new Master and leader. He quickly established his dominance over the other Leviathans and began his master plan to convert all humans into livestock for the Leviathans to slaughter and eat.

AJ Frog

Face claim: Chandler Riggs

Number Thirteen is a dhampir, and the biological son of Alan Frog. Having been developed in a secret lab unknown to Alan, the child was created as part of a eugenics experiment by vampire hunters who desired to create the ultimate weapon against the undead. Raised in a sterile underground bunker, the boy was the thirteenth attempt at creating life and the only one to survive past the first year of his life.

Eris

Face claim: Draculangelica/Angelica Rose

The goddess of strife, chaos, and discord, Eris is the essential “shit starter” and queen of grudge holding. Compared to all the gods and goddesses, she is among the least liked, given the hostility and negativity that arise every time she’s present. She delights in people’s misery, regardless if they’re considered good or bad; she chooses no sides, only her own. The only time she is every truly happy is when people are miserable. All arguments, no matter how big or small, stem from Eris. Her need to start trouble sparked one of the greatest wars in ancient history which saw the destruction of Troy during the Bronze Age, and it started off with Eris being snubbed.

Rachel Benton

Face claim: Nikki Reed

Born into the criminal underworld to a family of assassins, Rachel grew up learning how to fight and kill early on. She also learned about her heritage as a werewolf, but all of her family members refused to give into "the curse" and discouraged her from allowing the nature of the beasts to consume her. While maintaining their human form, she and her family were still much stronger and faster than normal humans. They were also capable of killing others without triggering their true forms. On her sixteenth birthday, Rachel was recruited by a rival crime family to be their personal mercenary. Unable to resist the wealthy temptation they offered her, she left her family without a word.

Belladonna Alexander

Face claim: Darya Goncharova

Belladonna was orphaned as a young girl after the deaths of her loving parents by the Roman Catholic Empire.As a child she ended up a prisoner and became the Roman Catholics King’s Sorceress. She was a kind, headstrong, caring, brave, and extremely attractive young woman with a slender, voluptuous build, and average heart, gray eyes, the lightest skin complexion, and long straight black hair.

DJ X

Original actor: Seb Castang

Alternate face claim: Ian Somerhalder

Xavier was born in 1452. As Xavier grew up, he was taught the many painful ways to torture a human when they were to be put to death. When reaching legal age Xavier took on a job of being an executioner. In a lot of ways, you would think one wouldn’t get pleasure out of preforming these kinds of acts out on another human being, but Xavier did. Xavier enjoyed his job to the fullest and would sometimes suggest new ways that one could be punished. Many people including Xavier’s parents thought of Xavier as a cold sadistic human being because after each person he executed he was known for always having a sick looking smile on his face.

Chanel Dixon

Face claim: Loren Gray

At the age of fourteen Chanel began running various hustles on random people for money. It wasn’t something she was proud of, but to kept food in her stomach she had to do what was necessary. Her mother and father were always strung out on various types of drugs – to stoned out of their minds to even remember they had a teenage daughter who was practically starving to death because of their drug addictions.

Caroline Fox

Face claim: Candice King

Caroline was a popular girl in school, the captain of the cheerleading squad. Always organizing the parties and always displaying a high degree of leadership among her friends. Beautiful and chic, she was also extraordinarily strong and determined, much like her mother. She was extremely loyal and protective of her friends. She had a sensitive and loving nature. Despite having a confident exterior and high social prestige, underneath it all Caroline was very insecure and neurotic which often tended to make her an overachiever at times, creating flaws and complexities within herself, leading to various matters that factored into her development as she worked to overcome them.

Cassidy Quinn

Face claim: Elizabeth Olsen

It was several years into their perfect Santa Carla life when everything changed. Twelve-year-old Carson was babysitting a seven-year-old Cassidy and a group of rabid vampires attacked. They were playing outside just after dark even though Cassidy had been telling Carson that they needed to go inside, but he was hell bent on them staying outside. It turned out he was being mentally influenced by the creatures watching them from the woods. These were not normal vampires – they were more like wild animals. By the time the attack was done, both kids were seriously injured and had lost a lot of blood. Thankfully, Cassandra has come home not too long after the vampires had run off and she called an ambulance to try and save their lives.

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‘Every second counts.’ Cities turn to cyclists to save lives

By Jenni Bergal, Washington Post, February 4, 2017

When actress Carrie Fisher suffered cardiac arrest near the end of a flight to Los Angeles just before Christmas, some of the first emergency medical crews to arrive on the scene were on two wheels: medics on bicycles who helped resuscitate the “Star Wars” star.

The Los Angeles Fire Department’s bicycle medic team is one of hundreds in big cities such as Boston and Philadelphia and small ones such as Cody, Wyo., that deliver quick emergency care by darting in and out of heavy traffic, maneuvering through large crowds or cutting across parkland more nimbly than a crew in an ambulance.

“Sometimes, every second counts with these situations,” said Maureen Becker, executive director of the International Police Mountain Bike Association, a nonprofit that trains and certifies public safety cyclists. “Because a bicycle is able to respond so quickly, the actions can be lifesaving.”

The Los Angeles EMS team that raced to help Fisher was deployed at the airport during the holiday rush. It boarded her plane with an ambulance crew and members of an engine company, all of whom worked to give her advanced life support, said Robert Dunivin, a fire department captain and chairman of the bike team advisory committee. Fisher died at a local hospital four days later.

When the Los Angeles bike unit made its debut patrolling a triathlon in 2004, it had 20 cyclists. The team is now one of the largest in the country, with 120 cyclists and 60 bikes. It deploys on weekends and at special events such as the Los Angeles Marathon, the Rose Parade, Los Angeles Rams tailgating parties and on the Venice Beach boardwalk on summer weekends.

Dunivin said the unit has a budget of about $90,000 per year to pay overtime to the medics, who do the bicycle work in addition to their regular Fire Department jobs. Another $12,000 is allocated for equipment.

Across the country, bike medics patrol airports, sports arenas, downtown entertainment areas and special events such as festivals, concerts and marathons.

They are especially useful when roads are closed or congested, said Mike Touchstone, past president of the National EMS Management Association, a professional association of EMS managers. Medics on bikes can navigate crowded streets and sidewalks swiftly.

“You have easier access to patients and can get there more quickly than you can in an ambulance when there is a crowded event,” said Touchstone, who is also regional director of the Philadelphia Office of Emergency Medical Services. “That makes a big difference if someone is having a heart attack or a stroke.”

It made a big difference in Minneapolis in 2014, when a 61-year-old runner suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed during a marathon. A bike medic team roaming the course arrived quickly, shocked the man’s heart with a portable defibrillator and stabilized him before an ambulance took him to the hospital, where he recovered.

Many of the first officially organized EMS bike units in the United States were launched in the 1990s in places including Denver; East Baton Rouge; and Troy, Ohio. They were modeled on police bike patrols, which had become popular a decade earlier.

Today, at least 500 agencies have EMS bike teams, according to Becker, whose group has trained about 1,400 cyclists since 2013.

Fire departments, EMS agencies, hospitals and private ambulance services run teams. Some have just two or four members; others have dozens.

Many bike medics are paid emergency medical technicians and paramedics, but others work for volunteer associations or other organizations.

In New York, the all-volunteer Central Park Medical Unit’s 10-member bicycle team patrols the 843-acre park many weekends during the warmer months. It also appears in force at concerts and other big events.

“When everyone is sitting on a blanket, how do you get through to them in an emergency?” said Rafael Castellanos, the unit’s president. “The bike teams are very nimble and can get into places a large vehicle cannot.”

EMS cyclists generally travel in pairs. Most use mountain bikes, which are sturdy and are designed to carry a heavy load and maneuver through traffic and crowds and around obstacles.

Bike medics carry first aid and trauma supplies, oxygen, IVs, cardiac monitors and defibrillators. The bike and equipment combined can weigh up to 50 pounds, so cyclists need to be in good shape.

EMS bike units have some limitations: They can’t take patients to the hospital and can’t carry backboards, stretchers or long or bulky pieces of equipment. Thunderstorms and snow can prove challenging.

But officials say creating and outfitting a bike team is a good investment because it’s much cheaper than purchasing and equipping an ambulance.

In Cody, for example, it cost less than $3,000 to set up West Park Hospital’s unit with three bikes, uniforms and saddlebags, according to clinical supervisor Ryan Winchell. He said buying and equipping an ambulance, on the other hand, can run as much as $280,000.

The bike unit is called into action at parades and Fourth of July festivities as well as at trail runs in the town 50 miles outside Yellowstone National Park.

Winchell, a paramedic and bike team member, said he and his colleagues have a different mind-set when they’re cycling to a scene than when they’re riding in an ambulance.

“You don’t have your same comfort zone of having a few minutes to think about where you’re going and what you’re going to do,” he said. “It’s definitely a different kind of game.”

But EMS workers who are bike enthusiasts are especially likely to embrace those challenges.

“It’s honestly the most fun part of my job,” said Dunivin of the Los Angeles Fire Department. “I’m normally in the fire station all day or out on an engine. When you’re on the bike, you’re talking to people on the streets and interacting. I keep thinking, ‘Wow. They pay me to do this?’ “

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One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson’s sister Felicite dies aged 18

Felicite Tomlinson at the Pretty Little Thing and Maya Jama collection launch last year

The 18-year-old sister of One Direction star Louis Tomlinson has been found dead at home from a suspected heart attack.

The tragic death of Félicité, a fashion designer and Instagram star who had almost 1.3million followers, comes after Louis’ mother Johannah died from leukaemia in 2016.

Louis has been left ‘devastated and distraught’ by the death, the Sun reported, and praised his sister as ‘loveable, caring, bright and beautiful’ last night, sources close to the One Direction singer told the paper.

He has pulled out of tomorrow night’s Comic Relief, where he was due to perform his new single live as one of the headline acts.

She collapsed after a suspected heart attack at her fourth-floor studio apartment in Earls Court, West London, on Wednesday lunchtime.

It is understood police found no signs of drugs at the address. They say they are in the process of informing next of kin.

The death of Félicité — known as Fizzy — is being treated as ‘unexplained’ at this stage.

A full post-mortem examination will take place and toxicology tests will be carried out.

Felicite Tomlison, pictured here at a wedding in a photo from her Instagram feed followed by 1.3 million people, has been found dead at her home

Her Instagram feed has more than 1.3m followers who enjoyed her posts about her lifestyle

A person who was with the aspiring fashion designer and social media influencer called 999.

A spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Police said: ‘Police were called by London Ambulance Service at 12:52hrs on Wednesday, 13 March to a residential address in SW5, following reports of a female in cardiac arrest.

‘Officers attended. A female believed to be aged 18 was pronounced dead at the scene.

‘Police are in the process of informing her next of kin. At this stage the death is being treated as unexplained. A post-mortem examination will take place in due course. Enquiries continue.’

In her last Instagram post to her 1.3 million followers, four days ago, Felicite wrote: ‘Don’t know why I look so shocked’

Felicite was a social media influencer in her own right. This post from last summer received more than 110,000 likes

Louis Tomlinson and his sister Felicite Tomlinson aka ‘Fizzy’ on Belgravia Street last year

Louis Tomlinson and his mother Johannah Deakin. Last night a family source told The Sun: ‘Félicité was an absolutely adored young woman’

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: ‘We were called at 12:51pm yesterday to reports of an incident in Earls Court.

‘We sent two ambulance crews, a single responder in a car and an advanced paramedic to the scene.

‘Sadly, despite efforts of our medics, a person died at the scene.’

Louis, 27, was working in London last night when police informed him of his sister’s death. Other family members, in Doncaster, have also been notified.

The X Factor judge was extremely close to his sister. They regularly saw each other in London.

Last night a family source told the paper: ‘Félicité was an absolutely adored young woman who was loved by Louis and her whole family.

‘They are all totally devastated, as you can imagine.

‘She had so many friends and was such a positive happy person. It’s a massive loss to the world.

‘She was a loveable, caring, bright, passionate, popular and beautiful young lady.’

Louis, 27, was working in London last night when police informed him of his sister’s death

The Instagram star was close to her mother, who died in late 2016, and had a motif of the year Johannah she was born, 1973, tattooed on her.

She shared it online where she also spoke about Louis’s song, Two of Us, on Sunday.

Louis’s song, Two Of Us, is a tribute to the pair’s mother Johannah Deakin, who tragically succumbed to leukaemia three years ago, in December 2016.

Asked about it on Instagram, she said: ‘I cried my eyes out in the back of my Uber, but I loved the song filled me with hope.’

She told fans she would be ‘very different’ had her mother not died, writing: ‘Very different, in both good and bad ways, there is collateralized beauty in everything.’

Last month she posted a grab of Christina Aguilera’s song Hurt which is about the loss of a parent. She also retweeted a picture showing her resemblance to her mother.

Louis Tomlinson and mother Johannah Deakin at the Believe In Magic Cinderella Ball, 2015

‘She was a loveable, caring, bright, passionate, popular and beautiful young lady,’ a source said

Felicite was close to her siblings, and recently got their initials tattooed in old English letters, which added to an inking of a red snake on her left middle finger.

Asked if she was proud of her siblings, she said: ‘More than I can express — including the little ones.’

And she used her platform on Instagram to speak out about mental illness, writing on January 12: ‘I think there is a lot of stigma around addiction and the disease of addiction is misunderstood.’

She added: ‘Depression and anxiety is less stigmatised but there is still a lot of stigma around other mental illnesses.’

But asked about rumours she had been battling depression, Felicite wrote: ‘Everyone struggles with things in life especially if they suffer a huge loss or life changing event but I don’t think that’s something rumours should be spread about.

‘It should be up to the person to talk about it when and if they’re ready to.’

Felicite recently reminisced about her favourite moments with her older brother: ‘Car rides home from X Factor auditions, all giving opinions and being so excited and seeing him so excited.’

The Instagram star was close to her mother and had a motif of the year she was born, 1973, tattooed on her

Louis Tomlinson and his sister Felicite Tomlinson, known as Fizzy, have a cigarette on Belgravia Street

Felicite said that she would be ‘very different, in both good and bad ways’ had her mother not died

Louis’s estranged father, Troy Austin – who split from Johanna when Louis was just five, revealed in May 2018 that he was battling cancer just 18 months after his ex-wife died from a ‘very aggressive’ form of the disease.

The then 49-year-old had a four-hour surgery to save his life. Louis took on his stepfather Mark Tomlinson’s surname when his parents split up.

Felicite was one of six children. She leaves behind her older sister Lottie, younger twin sisters Daisy and Phoebe and the youngest, twins Ernest and Doris. She was also an aunt to Louis’ son Freddie.

Scarred by tragedy: Louis Tomlinson’s close-knit family reel for second devastating time soon after death of their mother from blood cancer at 43

The tragic death of Louis Tomlinson’s sister Felicite aged just 18 is the second devastating blow for the family in little over two years, after his mother died of leukaemia in December 2016.

Midwife Johannah Deakin lost her battle with cancer at just 43, leaving behind Louis, Felicite and their five siblings.

Her husband Dan Deakin paid tribute to his late wife saying: ‘Incredibly selfless, she would always look to put other people before herself. She desired nothing more than for everyone around her to be happy and loving.

‘She worked tirelessly on numerous charity campaigns, creating memories for many individuals and their families.’

Louis Tomlinson pictured with his mother Johannah. She spoke often of her pride in her eldest child’s generosity towards his siblings, saying: ‘He always asks me, ‘Tell me what trips they’ve got, where do they want to go? Let me use my money to pay for their trips”

As well as Louis, devoted mother Johannah left behind Lottie, Felicite, twins Daisy and Phoebe, and twins Ernest and Doris, whom she gave birth to prematurely in 2014

‘It wasn’t uncommon for Johannah to hear through the media of an individual in need of assistance, and she would immediately make it her objective to get that person what they often desperately needed, and rarely without success.’

Louis’ former bandmates sent their love in a series of heatrbreaking tweets.

On Twitter Liam Payne wrote: ‘Louis, I’m so sorry for you my brother my heart aches for you, just know I love you the same from a million miles away as i do right next to you. I’m always here for you through everything as you have been for me.

‘My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this incredibly sad time I can’t begin to imagine what you are all going through. Rip Johanna you are forever in my thoughts.’

Louis’ bandmates and stars including Cheryl Cole and Simon Cowell sent heartfelt condolences after the death of his mother

Johannah Tomlinson pictured on her wedding day to Dan Deakin. She passed away in December 2016 after a fight with cancer

The death of Felicite Tomlinson aged just 18, on the afternoon of Wednesday March 13, is the second tragic to hit the family in just over two years. Pictured above: Louis and his late mother, Johannah

Two Of Us: The moving tribute to his late mother Louis was due to perform tonight

In a now-cancelled Comic Relief performance on BBC One, Louis Tomlison would have performed his new single Two Of Us, a loving tribute to mother Johannah who died of cancer just over two years ago.

The poignant lyrics speak of the singer’s love and loss:

It’s been a minute since I called you

Just to hear the answerphone

Yeah, I know that you won’t get this

But I’ll leave a message so I’m not alone

This morning I woke up still dreaming

With memories playing through my head

You’ll never know how much I miss you

The day that they took you, I wish it was me instead

But you once told me, ‘Don’t give up

You can do it day by day’

And diamonds, they don’t turn to dust or fade away

So I will keep you day and night, here until the day I die

I’ll be living one life for the two of us

Zayn Malik tweeted: ‘@Louis_Tomlinson love you bro! All of your family is in my prayers. proud of your strength and know your mum is too x’.

Meanwhile, Niall Horan posted: ‘Very sad news . Louis I love you mate and I’m / all of us are here for you all the way. You’re mum was an incredible person.

‘Thinking of you and your family. Love from my family to yours..’

A devoted mother, Johannah said in an interview she couldn’t have been more proud of her eldest child, Louis.

Calling him ‘a really nice lovely brother,’ she went on to say that the 1D star always offered to pay for his sister’s trips at school.

‘He always asks me, ‘Tell me what trips they’ve got, where do they want to go? Let me use my money to pay for their trips’,’ Johannah said.

‘He’s always been like that. he’s not a materialistic person himself, but he likes to give people things. He spoils me and the girls and he’s happiest doing that.’

Born Johannah Poulston on March 25 1973, Louis’ mother grew up in Doncaster in South Yorkshire, and worked as a midwife and a TV assistant.

Johannah gave birth to Louis when she was 18, but split from his biological father Troy Austin, in 1997 when Louis was five.

She and Mark Tomlinson, whom Louis has said he considers his real dad, then had four children: Charlotte, now 20, Felicity, 18, and twins Phoebe and Daisy, both 14.

In 2013, Johannah announced her engagement to doctor Dan Deakin and that the couple were expecting twins.

Their wedding in July 2014 saw her son as best man, while Louis’ band mates, Harry Styles, Liam Payne and Niall Horan all attended.

Twins Ernest and Doris, both now five, arrived prematurely in February 2014.

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PRIOR LAKE, Minn. — The summer time of Brock Boeser happened at a 6,00Zero-square-foot Minnesota lake home with floor-to-ceiling home windows overlooking the water (and an inflatable trampoline volleyball court docket docked simply exterior). The Vancouver Canucks winger rented the place with three highschool buddies, and earlier than you start questioning if that is some “Entourage”-esque setup, the 21-year-old clears issues up.

“Come on, they’re my mates!” he mentioned. “They don’t seem to be utilizing me; everybody pays lease.”

Within the mornings, Boeser drove 20 minutes to his mother and father’ home to have breakfast and play with Coolie, the Australian Cattle Canine combine the Boesers fell in love with — and adopted — at January’s NHL All-Star weekend. He’d then work out and spend afternoons lake browsing.

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Issues may be good in Minnesota, however they’re simply as nice in Vancouver, the place Boeser has fallen in love with the town as a result of “the followers are superior, it is lovely, everybody is admittedly energetic … and the sushi, the sushi is so good. They’ve it for us after video games, and I solely want a number of items as a result of I am happy and transfer on.”

Boeser led the Canucks in scoring (29 targets and 55 factors in simply 62 contests), wooing nearly everybody who noticed him. Washington Capitals coach Barry Trotz in contrast Boeser’s launch to Alex Ovechkin’s. Says Vancouver defenseman Erik Gudbranson: “His launch is ridiculous, simply ridiculous. The puck is on and off his stick in a split-second.”

Henrik Sedin known as the rookie “probably the most pure objective scorer I’ve ever performed with.”

Sure, that takes under consideration his twin, Daniel.

In January, Boeser raked in a formidable All-Star haul. As the primary rookie to win MVP, he picked up $675,00Zero — greater than two-thirds of his wage — in bonuses and prize cash, plus a brand new automotive. That has led Boeser to benefit from the sudden spoils of fame. He was shocked when he came upon someone was promoting a T-shirt that includes a collage of … his face.

“Only a bunch of images of me,” he mentioned. “Throughout.” (Certainly, they retail for $24.99 and in addition are available in tank-top type.)

Due to his platinum blond locks, Boeser is consistently being tagged on social media alongside pictures of Prince Charming from “Shrek.” Then there are the even crazier perks, like filming a skit for the Canadian Juno music awards with singer Michael Buble.

“We had been at an occasion and someone launched him to us, and straight away, he was telling us how he owns a part of the Vancouver Giants and loves hockey and was appearing like a superfan of us,” Boeser says. “And I am like, ‘Holy f—, excuse my language, that is loopy.’ After which he goes, ‘I’ve this nice thought [for the skit].’ We actually filmed it the subsequent week.'”

Boeser and Buble nonetheless textual content semi-regularly.

So, sure, getting into his second NHL season, it is good to be Brock Boeser proper now. However you would possibly excuse the 21-year-old if he simply takes a couple of minutes to take pleasure in this; he and his household have overcome rather a lot simply to get right here.

Brock Boeser’s freak collision with a bench door brought on a again harm that ended his season prematurely. Anne-Marie Sorvin/USA TODAY Sports activities

Boeser calls it a dumb play, however actually, it was dumb luck. On March 5, the Canucks — effectively exterior of playoff place — hosted the New York Islanders. Late within the third interval, Boeser was skating backward alongside the bench-side partitions as he leaned in on New York’s Cal Clutterbuck.

“I wasn’t going for a giant hit,” Boeser says. “I simply needed to get in his means. However he noticed me coming and hit me again.”

The subsequent factor Boeser remembers is flying within the air after which mendacity on the ice. The Canucks’ bench door occurred to be open; his bottom clunked towards the open gate. At first he noticed stars. Boeser did not know if he had shattered his pelvis. Perhaps it was his hip. He could not really feel his left leg.

“I sort of had a panic assault in my abdomen,” he says. “So I flipped myself over.”

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As soon as he was helped to the coaching desk, he remembers “10 guys round me, all making an attempt to chop my stuff off, however I used to be in a lot ache, probably the most ache in my total life.”

When crew medical doctors clarified that it was a again harm, Boeser was shuttled into an ambulance.

“My mother was freaking out,” he says. “Texting me a thousand occasions. I instructed her to chill out, then handed the cellphone to the physician.”

Boeser was supplied medicine to alleviate the ache, and at first he mentioned no. Then the ambulance hit a bump — possibly a small pothole — and the impression reverberated by means of Boeser’s total physique, to the purpose the place he blurted: “I am going to take them.”

By the point he received to the hospital, he thought he felt good. Perhaps, he thought, I can play the remainder of the season. Then he tried to maneuver his physique; he then knew that he was carried out for the 12 months. Teammates Michael Del Zotto, Troy Stecher and Chris Tanev visited after the sport and stayed by Boeser’s aspect because the prognosis was revealed: a mushy tissue harm and a small nonstructural, nondisplaced fracture of the transverse course of in his decrease again. He was launched early within the morning.

“I could not stroll for 4 days,” Boeser says. “I simply laid in my condo. I would rise up to go to the toilet — it will take me about 5 minutes simply to rise up — then go proper again to mattress.”

Boeser was ultimately cleared to journey, and the Canucks’ crew physician accompanied him again to Minnesota — partly as a result of he had a wrist challenge, as effectively. Boeser would proceed remedy over the summer time with John Bottoms, the Minnesota Wild’s therapist, and fly again to Vancouver a number of occasions to verify in with the crew.

“Anytime you see a teammate like that go down, particularly among the finest gamers in your crew, it is positively scary,” Bo Horvat instructed ESPN in September. “Again accidents are to not be taken flippantly. As soon as we knew he was OK, and that he was going to be effective, all of us took a deep breath.”

The welt in his again was the scale of a softball, and it took weeks to cut back. However Boeser was cleared to play hockey once more per week earlier than Da Magnificence League — weekly rec video games for native school and NHL gamers — started. Since there is not any checking in summer time hockey, he wasn’t actually frightened.

“For those who had slapped my again, it nonetheless would have been sore,” Boeser says. “I used to be simply so pumped to be on the market. I used to be most likely the quickest one on the ice, simply so excited to play.”

Boeser tallied 15 targets and 33 factors by means of eight video games and added a knocked-from-midair objective and help within the ultimate to assist his crew win the John Scott Championship and get the match’s empty keg trophy. Boeser was named MVP.

The harm will not change the way in which Boeser performs, however it has him excited about hockey mortality.

“My objective is to play within the NHL so long as I can,” he says. “Clearly I believe much more about harm now. Earlier than this occurred, I would by no means consider that. I imply, the percentages of you having a career-ending harm are scarce, however I give it some thought much more now. One dangerous factor may occur, and I could possibly be carried out.”

Boeser desires to purchase a home subsequent summer time so his mother and father can transfer in and downsize. He has already given his mother and father his Jeep.

As for the automotive he gained on the NHL All-Star Recreation? Inside minutes of studying he gained it, Boeser pledged to present it to his sister, Jessica. (“It is electrical,” he says. “In order that’ll save my mother and father some huge cash on gasoline.”) A couple of days earlier than he reported again to Vancouver for coaching camp, Boeser instructed his mom, Laurie, to kind out her insurance coverage as a result of he needed her to have the ability to stop her job in a 12 months.

“I need to assist my household out and …” Boeser mentioned, pausing. “You must take into consideration this stuff. You must bear in mind how fortunate you’re simply to be alive and have this chance.”

As Brock was rising up, Laurie Boeser was satisfied her son, the youngest of three youngsters, would develop into a minister. Brock Boeser was introverted, at all times did his homework on time and labored exhausting in sports activities. He was the kind of child who, based on Laurie, first had to absorb his setting, then heat as much as regardless of the circumstances had been.

He did not have a lot time to heat as much as devastating information in seventh grade, when Laurie revealed to her youngsters that their father, Duke Boeser, was identified with Parkinson’s illness.

“I had no thought,” Boeser says, “till my mother began telling me the signs.”

Boeser thought of how his dad typically skidded his ft when he walked and that his power ranges weren’t as excessive.

“It was powerful for him,” he says. “He was such a younger age. Simply 49.”

Mentioned Laurie: “Brock was a delicate child. I believe he was making an attempt to course of all of it, however you may inform he was unhappy. Tremendous-sad. He knew issues could be totally different. And our household was going by means of rather a lot.”

Duke’s father, whom he was very shut with, had fallen unwell. Duke realized of the Parkinson’s prognosis on a Wednesday. His father died that Friday from pancreatic most cancers.

“I realized power from my dad. How a lot he fights. And the way he is at all times smiling, cracking jokes with individuals, even with the whole lot he has to undergo.”

Brock Boeser

Issues weren’t straightforward for Duke on the time. His portray enterprise had struggled throughout the financial recession, so he began driving for UPS, which supplied advantages, for two half hours on Saturday mornings. Now the household was driving to one of the best Parkinson’s specialist in Minneapolis to learn to handle their new actuality.

“I realized power from my dad,” Brock says. “How a lot he fights. And the way he is at all times smiling, cracking jokes with individuals, even with the whole lot he has to undergo.”

Along with her job in customer support, Laurie received a gig making ready taxes. She additionally started working shifts at Outback Steakhouse, as hockey — particularly as Brock entered highschool — did not come low-cost. The Boesers had been spending someplace between $500 and $600 a month on the game.

“Brock was at all times understanding,” Laurie says. “He was by no means asking for $800 skates.”

However anytime Brock inadvertently broke a stick throughout a recreation, Laurie would choose up an additional shift at Outback.

Two years after the Parkinson’s prognosis, factor received even tougher. Duke was driving only a half-mile from the household’s home when a automotive ran a crimson gentle and T-boned him. He was rushed to the close by hospital; his pelvis was damaged in three locations, and he additionally suffered a lacerated spleen and traumatic mind harm.

“Duke was at all times a really high-energy dad, super-friendly, outgoing, a hard-working and enjoyable man to be round,” Laurie says. “After which all the sudden he simply did not have the identical endurance. Cognitively, issues had been simply totally different. By means of all of this, financially, issues modified drastically for us.”

The accident exacerbated Duke’s Parkinson’s signs and in addition meant that rehab would take even longer.

“If we did not have my mother,” Brock mentioned, “I do not know the way it will be. She actually retains the whole lot collectively.”

In August 2014, Laurie took one other cellphone name — this time it was Brock delivering sobering information. Brock was captaining america U17 crew on the Hlinka Gretzky Cup match in Slovakia when he came upon that 4 mates had been in a automotive crash.

The boys, rising seniors at Burnsville Excessive, had been spending one in every of their final days of summer time on a day journey, cliff diving and swimming at close by Cannon River. On the drive again, at 9:40 p.m., their Jeep Cherokee misplaced management and rolled over. Ty Alyea and Cole Borchardt had been within the again seat with out seat belts and had been ejected from the automotive. Alyea, one in every of Boeser’s finest mates, died.

Borchardt, who was an outdated linemate of Boeser’s, had emergency mind surgical procedure and a number of other different operations — he had shattered each shoulders, tore his ACL, injured his spleen and broke his wrist — and spent a number of months beneath heavy sedation. Somewhat over a 12 months later, Borchardt was capable of take his first steps. Police mentioned no alcohol was concerned within the crash.

“As if this child hadn’t been by means of sufficient,” Laurie says. “Simply one other tragic occasion.”

Each Aylea and Duke wore No. 6 in highschool, the jersey quantity Brock wears with the Canucks.

Brock Boeser’s profitable March 2017 debut, which got here hours after he signed with the Canucks, foreshadowed his 2018 All-Star MVP efficiency. Kim Klement/USA TODAY Sports activities

After dominating within the USHL with 68 factors in 57 video games, Brock Boeser was drafted at No. 23 by the Canucks in 2015. He flexed his scoring prowess as a freshman on the College of North Dakota with 27 targets, surpassing Zach Parise’s freshman file. Boeser’s 60 factors had been greater than Jonathan Toews’ and T.J. Oshie’s freshman totals.

Boeser’s sophomore season ended when North Dakota misplaced in double-overtime to Boston College within the NCAA match. He signed his entry-level contract hours after and instantly joined the Canucks.

“I used to be throwing up after the sport as a result of I used to be so exhausted and harassed,” Boeser says. “I could not sleep, wakened with the worst headache, had a super-early flight, went to the lodge for 5 minutes, then went to the rink to prepare for the sport.”

Vancouver’s recreation that evening was in St. Paul towards the Wild, and as Boeser entered the locker room beforehand, he received one other shock: Canucks coach Willie DesJardins had invited Laurie and Duke to learn the beginning lineups.

“I simply cannot let you know how particular that was,” Laurie says. “Moreover my marriage ceremony day and the beginning of my youngsters, it was one of the best day of our life. I simply stored saying, ‘Are you able to imagine this? Are you able to imagine any of this?'”

Much more unbelievable: Boeser would rating the sport winner, proper in entrance of the suite his mother and father had been sitting in. However there was extra dangerous information coming.

When Boeser returned to Minnesota, he came upon his father was identified with lung most cancers. By no means a smoker, the prognosis got here out of nowhere. Duke reported to medical doctors that one thing wasn’t proper; they determined to do a CT scan.

At this level, Duke was on incapacity. He had a fall a number of years earlier that led to 6 surgical procedures and a shoulder substitute. Now he was set to undergo chemo and radiation.

“His entire summer time was wrecked,” Brock says. “That they had surgical procedure, and it was sufficiently small they may take away it. He was cancer-free on the finish of the summer time, thank the Lord, however [his] Parkinson’s made it a lot tougher for him.”

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Brock would go to his dad, who typically spent afternoons watching animals within the yard, then Brock would practice exhausting, working particularly on his skating. By September, the Canucks observed he was a extra defensively accountable skater. He made the roster however was scratched the primary two video games.

“It did not faze or rattle me in any respect,” Brock says. “I knew as soon as I had my probability, I would take advantage of it.”

Boeser scored a pair of targets in his first three video games of motion, then erupted for a hat trick towards Matt Murray and the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins in early November.

“That is when my confidence grew,” Boeser says. “Really it skyrocketed. I had probably the most confidence I’ve ever had. I knew I may play on this league.”

As soon as Boeser began scoring, he set a objective of 20 targets for the season. He reached that by Christmas. The remaining is within the Canucks’ historical past books.

“What he has given our household, by means of hockey, has enlightened our household,” Laurie says. “Duke and I are so lucky our youngsters have been capable of assist maintain us and supply these experiences.”

“The entire crew is conscious of it,” Horvat mentioned. “I am conscious of what he is gone by means of, what his dad has gone by means of. He is at all times speaking about him and making an attempt to assist him out one of the best he can, which simply tells you what sort of child he’s.”

Over the summer time, Duke was effectively sufficient to function a coach for Brock’s Da Magnificence League crew. He wore Canucks sweatpants and a windbreaker as he stood behind the bench at an area highschool and watched, from ice degree, his son dominating. After the playoff finals, Duke adopted the crew to the locker room to rejoice. Alongside the way in which he noticed Boeser’s summer time teammate Nate Schmidt, the defenseman for the Vegas Golden Knights.

“You gotta be behind the bench on a regular basis. You are good luck!” Schmidt mentioned to a beaming Duke. “And the way about your child, huh? He is a particular one.”

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Here’s what we know about the victims of the Las Vegas shooting

At least 59 people died in a mass shooting in Las Vegas at a country music festival Sunday night, and details are slowly emerging about the victims.

One was an off-duty police officer, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD). His name has not yet been released while police notify his family.

Two other off-duty officers were among the more than 527 transported to hospitals, police said. One is in stable condition after surgery, and the other’s injuries weren’t life-threatening.

Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said at a news conference that by Tuesday afternoon, authorities had identified all but three victims. Here are the stories of those named so far:

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that friends identified LVMPD officer, military veteran, and youth football coach Charleston Hartfield, 34, as one of the dead.

“They say it’s always the good ones we lose early. There’s no truer statement than that with Charles,” friend Troy Rhett told the paper.

The family of registered nurse Sonny Melton from Paris, Tennessee told WZTV that he was one of the people who died.

“I’m in complete disbelief and despair. I don’t know what to say. Sonny was the most kind-hearted, loving man I have ever met. He saved my life and lost his,” his wife Heather Gulish Melton said in a statement to Fox 17 News in Nashville.

SAD NEWS TO SHARE: Family identifies Tennessee man killed in #LasVegasShooting: https://t.co/i9yHHIDHMY pic.twitter.com/cCXP9ofJgv

— FoxNashville (@FOXNashville) October 2, 2017

Quinton Robbins, 24, from Henderson, Nevada was one of the murdered, his aunt Kilee Wells Sanders said on Facebook. His Facebook account was converted to a memorialized account on Monday.

“Please pray for his parents and siblings at this time,” Sanders wrote. “Please also respect their privacy as this is a devastating loss that is incredibly painful for the families.”

Alaskan native Adrian Murfitt, 35, a commercial fisherman, died in his friend Brian MacKinnon’s arms. “He was like an Alaskan cowboy, but when he saw a dog he’d turn into a 10-year-old kid,” MacKinnon told the LA Times.

Fifty-six-year-old John Phippen of Santa Clarita, who owned a home remodeling company, was dancing with his son, Travis, when a bullet hit him in the back, according to the LA Times. Travis, who didn’t realize he’d been shot in the arm, carried his father to the hospital, where he died.

“He was my best friend,” Travis told the Times. “He never did anything wrong to anybody. He was always kind and gentle. He was the biggest teddy bear I knew.”

West Virginian Denise Burditus died in her husband’s arms. Just hours before the shooting, she posted a photo of the couple smiling at the festival on Facebook.

Two Canadians, Jordan McIldoon from Maple Ridge, British Colombia, and Jessica Klymchuk of Valleyview, Alberta, were killed, CBC reported. She was a mother a four who worked at a Catholic school. McIldoon was a 23-year-old mechanic’s apprentice. He died in a woman’s arms.

“We only had one child,” McIldoon’s parents told CBC. “We just don’t know what to do.”

Rachel Parker, a civilian employee with the Manhattan Beach Police Department in California for 10 years, was also killed, CBS News Los Angeles reported. The MBPD said in a statement that she died at the hospital.

@citymb employee lost this AM featured on @CNN. Missed for her service, +attitude & volunteering w/with older-adults https://t.co/uc2Kop5CmY

— Mark Danaj (@MarkDanaj) October 3, 2017

Sandy Casey, who taught special education at Manhattan Beach Middle School, was also shot.

“She is loved by students and colleagues alike and will be remembered for her sense of humor, her passion for her work, her devotion to her students, and her commitment to continuing her own learning and to taking on whatever new projects came her way,” the Manhattan Beach Unified School District said in a statement to the Los Angeles Times.

Lisa Romero was a secretary for Gallup-McKinley County Schools in New Mexico, where she was known for being an “incredible loving and sincere friend, mentor and advocate for students in many of our school.” A friend told KRQE News that she was a “sweet and beautiful woman.”

“Ms. Lisa Romero, you have touched so many lives,” Ryan Gomito, a history teacher from nearby Miyamura High School, said in Facebook interview, according to The Times. “Rest easy, Ma’am.”

Susan Smith, 53, was another school employee who died. She was an office manager at an elementary school in Simi Valley, California for 16 years and was married three children.

“She was the hub of the school. She was the center of it. Everyone who came through those doors she knew. She knew the children, she knew the staff, she knew the parents,” school spokesperson Jake Finch told the LA Times.

Neysa Tonks, a technology worker from Irvine, also died, the LA Times reported. She had three sons.

Thomas Day Jr., 54, of Riverside, California, was a home builder and attended the concert with four of his children.

“He was the best dad. That’s why the kids were with him,”Thomas Day Sr., his father, said in The Times.

Angela Gomez, 20, of Riverside, Cailfornia, graduated high school in 2015 and attended Riverside Community College.

“Angie was a fun-loving, sweet young lady with a great sense of humor,” Lupe Avila, Gomez’s former cheer coach, said in an email in The Times. “Angie was a loyal friend who loved her family and will be forever missed by all those who knew her.”

Prayers to Angie’s family & Ethan. Anything helps. RIP lovely https://t.co/PV5xeci1ND

— Lyssette (@lysssetteolivia) October 2, 2017

Bailey Schweitzer, 20, was a receptionist for a software company in Bakersfield, California.

“Bailey was always the ray of sunshine in our office on a cloudy day,” Fred Brakeman, the chief executive of the company, said in The Times. “No one could possibly have a bad day when Bailey was around. If you have ever called or visited our office, she was the perky one that helped direct you to the staff member you needed.”

Rhonda LeRocque, 42, of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, worked at a design firm in Cambridge and was a member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses. After Hurricane Katrina wrought devastation in Louisiana, LeRocque and her husband helped rebuild homes in the state.

“It makes no sense. Why would he do this?” Jennifer Zeleneski, LeRocque’s sister, said in the Boston Herald. “My sister didn’t do anything. She never hurt people. She was the [kindest] person that I know.”

Christopher Roybal, 28, of Corona, California, was a US Navy veteran who served in Afghanistan.

“Today is the saddest day of my life,” Debby Allen, his mother, wrote on Facebook. “My son Christopher Roybal was murdered last night in Las Vegas. My heart is broken in a billion pieces. For anyone who knew the relationship we shared, you then know we were best friends. I will forever miss my Munchkin.”

Jennifer Topaz Irvine, a family law attorney based in San Diego, was known by her coworkers as a “great attorney” and “happy and energetic,” according to CBS News.

“A tragic loss of a kind, generous, and beautiful lady,”& Thomas Slattery, a coworker, wrote on Facebook. “She will be greatly missed.”

Carrie Barnette, 34, of Riverside, California worked in food services for Disneyland.

Barnette was at a friend’s birthday party when she was shot, according to a friend who contacted Mavis Barnette, her mother. Although Mavis has been unable to reach medical officials confirming her daughter’s death, based on what her friend told her, she is reportedly convinced that Barnette had died.

“Beautiful child; she was my firstborn,” Mavis said in The Times. “She was always generous and helping everybody in every way. She loved her nieces and nephews and her sister and brother.”

Walt Disney Company CEO Robert Iger released a statement: “We are especially heartbroken over the loss of one of our own to this unconscionable and senseless act. Carrie Barnette had been a member of the Disney California Adventure culinary team for ten years and was beloved by her friends and colleagues. Our thoughts are with her family, along with our support, during this incredibly difficult time.”

Carrie Barnette, a Disneyland Resort Cast Member was Killed in Las Vegas during Last Night’s Attack – https://t.co/x4WkD8npCy pic.twitter.com/PuEv5JGgtN

— TheHappiestBlog.com (@TheHappiestBlog) October 3, 2017

Dana Gardner, 52, of Grand Terrace, California, was a deputy recorder-county clerk for San Bernardino Country. Gardner was with her daughter when she was hit by the gunfire and when she was in an ambulance, on her way to the trauma center, The Times reported.

Hannah Ahlers, 34, of Murrietta, California was a mother of three who was described as a “loving, caring and devoted mother,” according to Las Vegas Review-Journal.

She was attending the concert with her husband and three other couples.

“She could have lit the world up with her smile,” Dave Ahlers, her father-in-law, said in the Review-Journal.

Elementary school wrestling coach Bill Wolfe, Jr. from Shippensburg, Pennsylvania was celebrating his 20th wedding anniversary with his wife, Robyn, according to Fox 43. She was unharmed.

Jack Beaton jumped in front of his wife to shield her from the gunfire, and died, his son, Jake, said on Twitter. He asked for prayers for his father.

If every1 could please pray for my dad and every1 else at the rout 91 he jumped in front of my mom and got shot. I love youdad #atruehero pic.twitter.com/Nj7Y8E4yE5

— Jabroni (@BeatonJakeOff) October 2, 2017

Stay-at-home mom Dorene Anderson was at the concert from Anchorage, according to the Alaska Dispatch News. “She was the most amazing wife, mother and person this world ever had,” her husband said in a statement. “We are so grateful and lucky for the time that we did have with her.”

Kurt Von Tillow, 55, died in the shooting, while his sister and niece were wounded, according to KCRA. They were expected to survive. His wife, daughter, and son-in-law were also there and unharmed.

“Guarantee you, he was covered in red, white and blue, with a Coors Light in his hand, smiling with his family and listening to some music,” Tillow’s brother-in-law Mark Carson told the NBC affiliate.

Cameron Robinson, 28, legal records specialist with the city of Las Vegas, was shot in the neck and died, according to the Review-Journal.

Victor Link, 55, from Shafter, California, also died, ABC 23 reported.

It will likely take days to identify all of the victims.

“The identification process of all of the injured and the deceased will take time, so authorities are asking the public for patience,” LVMPD said in a press release Monday morning.

The gunman, identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino with an automatic rifle, police said. Police said they found him dead with at least 19 rifles in his hotel room.

Many of the Route 91 Harvest festival’s approximately 22,000 attendees were young people, including families with kids. Country star Jason Aldean was onstage performing his headliner set to close the three-day festival when Paddock opened fire.

Images from the active shooter scene so far around Tropicana and Las Vegas Boulevard #RJnow pic.twitter.com/5QWavyO3lF

— Chase Stevens (@CSStevensphoto) October 2, 2017

Police said family members could call 1-866-535-5654 if they are still looking for missing loved ones.

The city of Las Vegas also set up a family reunification center and urged people to donate blood to help the victims.

Updated information on how to help #vegasshooting victims pic.twitter.com/4dfzgFZIbM

— City of Las Vegas (@CityOfLasVegas) October 2, 2017

While police secured the area, busloads of people were transported to the Thomas & Mack Center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, campus, where the Las Vegas Review Journal reported they were patted down before entering.

Officials said the death toll could rise.

Lombardo, the sheriff, said at a news conference that police were still finding people who had taken cover during the shooting as the sun rose on Monday.

“It’s going to take time for us to get through the evacuation phase,” he said.

Clark County Commission Chair Steve Sisolak set up a GoFundMe account to raise money to help victims and their families.

This story is developing. Refresh for updates.

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Missouri Law Would Make it a Crime to Try to Hide Botched Abortions By Doing This

A new provision in an abortion safety bill has been introduced in the Missouri State Legislature that would make it a misdemeanor crime for abortion clinic workers to interfere with medical assistance by asking ambulances to run with no lights and no sirens. It is the first of its kind in the nation.

If passed, the new law would make such interference punishable by up to one year in jail and fines up to $2,000.

While Planned Parenthood representatives have said the new bill has nothing to do with the health and safety of women, Operation Rescue has evidence to prove that their assertion is a false one.

It is a fact that ambulances running silently take longer to reach their destinations than ambulances running with lights and sirens.

“Asking an ambulance to run in silent mode actually delays care to women when minutes can mean the difference between life and death for women experiencing abortion injuries or other complications,” said Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue, whose organization tracks and documents medical emergencies at abortion facilities nationwide.

The real reason abortion facilities like Planned Parenthood do not want ambulances running to their clinics with lights and sirens has everything to do with wanting to avoid bad publicity, according to a former Planned Parenthood abortionist.

Marc E. Heller worked for Planned Parenthood in New York until earlier this year. In a recorded interview with a student from the Cooperstown Graduate Program, conducted on November 19, 2016, Heller explained how Planned Parenthood handled ambulance calls.

“We always said to the ambulance, ‘Please come to the back entrance. Please don’t use any sirens or lights,’ because we knew that the protestors that were there every day would call the press. And there would be a press thing about ‘another botched abortion,’” Heller said.

Mary Kogut, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region, has admitted that her St. Louis abortion facility has in the past asked that no sirens be used for the numerous medical emergencies that occur at that clinic.

“[We] may have asked that the siren wasn’t on so that it didn’t alarm other people,” Kogut said, later claiming that it is no longer their policy to ask ambulances to run slowly without sirens.

“Expecting an abortionist to self-police is unwise at best, and often foolhardy. The minute they think no one is looking, they revert back to their bad behavior. We have seen it over and over again,” said Newman. “This law is meant to protect women suffering life-threatening abortion complications from further harm inflicted by often incompetent abortionists who are more interested in covering up their mishaps than getting proper emergency treatment for the women they injured. This law is absolutely necessary.”

The tragic effects of delaying medical care to patients suffering from botched abortions was dramatically illustrated in the death of a 19-year old Down syndrome girl, Christin Gilbert. She had reported with her parents to a Wichita abortion facility for a late-term abortion in January 2005.

When Gilbert, who was pregnant due to a sexual assault, suffered life-threatening complications, one of the clinic workers called 911 begging them to come with no lights or sirens, which delayed their arrival at the abortion facility by several minutes. When emergency responders finally arrived, they were unprepared for the severity of Gilbert’s condition, thinking it was just a routine inter-facility transfer. She died at a local hospital later that day.

Operation Rescue strongly supports the new Missouri bill because the St. Louis Planned Parenthood – the last abortion facility left in Missouri — is a high-volume clinic that has experienced an extraordinary number of medical emergencies. Operation Rescue has documented 65 medical emergencies involving patient ambulance transports there since mid-2009.

Preventing Planned Parenthood from asking ambulances to run more slowly may indeed save lives.

LifeNews.com Note: Cheryl Sullenger is a leader of Operation Rescue.

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