Rescue and Recovery Effort After the September 11, 2001 Attacks 06
Rescue and Recovery Effort After the September 11, 2001 Attacks 06 : Emergency response: (2) Doctors, Emts and Other Medical Staff: EMS personnel were in disarray after the collapse of the South Tower at 9: 59 a. m. Following the collapse of the North Tower at 10: 29 a. m. , EMS commanders regrouped on the North End of Battery Park City, at the Embassy Suites Hotel. Around 11: 00 a. m. , EMS triage centers were relocated and consolidated at the Chelsea Piers and the Staten Island Ferry Terminal. Throughout the early afternoon, the soundstages at the pier were separated into two areas, one for the more seriously injured and one for the walking wounded. On the acute side, multiple makeshift tables, each with a physician, nurse, and other health care and civilian volunteers, were set up for the arrival of mass casualties. Supplies, including equipment for airway and vascular control, were obtained from neighboring hospitals. Throughout the afternoon, local merchants arrived to generously donate food. Despite this, few patients arrived for treatment, the earliest at about 5 p. m. , and were not seriously injured, being limited to smoke inhalation. An announcement was made around 6-7 p. m. that a second shift of providers would cover the evening shift, and that an area was being set up for the day personnel to sleep. Soon after, when it was realized that few would have survived the collapse and be brought to the piers, many decided to leave and the area was closed down
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