she's at it again

My sister-in-law is a nurse at a hospital in upstate New York. In September of 2001 she packed a backback full of emerency gear and worked her way to the front lines of the 9/11 disaster zone. While she doesn't talk much about it, the report from other emergency personnel at the scene is that my sister-in-law was single-handedly responsible for making sure all the firefighters and other excavation people were given proper respiration protection.

Now she's in Mississippi.

She took an unpaid week off of work, flew down at her own expense, but was given permission by FEMA to work "for them" for a week.

Sometimes I wonder why she does this, but as my wife explained, "she became a nurse for a reason, and it's that same reason which drives her to insist on being where she can help."