Quotes by Paula Trotter

“Im never going to forget it, not in a million years. Never in my wildest dreams did I expect anything like what I saw. I didnt even feel like I was in the United States any more.”

“We had planned on going down Thursday but got a call from [the Federal Emergency Management Agency] saying they really didnt want us. We knew some of the people from Emersons who were already down there, and those guys said, Yeah, youre needed, so we went down sort of independently of FEMA.”

“Because we werent under FEMA, we had more freedom to do things. They just set us up an area and started bringing patients to us. It was unbelievable.”