Chapter 40WHEN THE LOUDSPEAKER crackled that a helicopter with the president onboard was two minutes out, everyone jumped to work, but without direction. The announcement concluded by informing them that an ambulance carrying two serious injuries had arrived in the parking lot. Two women, injured and bloody, were carried from the ambulance with an Army medic leading. Attending physicians grouped in the emergency room, mostly out of curiosity, until they saw the condition of the patients. Colds and dog bites, a few car accidents or knife cuts or an occasional hunting accident provided the emergency staff's regular fare, but not severe emergencies.
When the helicopter landed, Dr. Clark called for everyone's attention and began to direct preparations. She told them the president was not a ca
