Claremont Medical Center buzzed with activity the moment the Life Flight helicopter landed. The stretcher bearing Graham was loaded onto a gurney. Four paramedics whisked it away into the Emergency Department. Katie, dazed and psychologically traumatized, was aided from the bowels of the helicopter into a wheelchair.
In Graham’s cubicle two surgeons studied the protruding axe with interest. It’s removal was going to involve some finesse. No telling what damage lurked behind the blade. The case would make an interesting presentation at a future medical conference. Nurses removed the restraining tape from his wrists and ankles. They cut his clothing, exposing that treacherous body so other injuries could be assessed. The cumulative effect of shock transformed him, weak as a sacrifi
