U.S. Rep. Kelly Morrison Recognizes Health Care Workers Who Responded to Annunciation School Shooting on House Floor
WASHINGTON, DC – Today on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Rep. Kelly Morrison (MN-03) recognized the hospital workers who responded to the tragic mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis.
As a doctor for more than 20 years and a member of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, Rep. Morrison thanked the brave health care providers of M Health Fairview Masonic Children's Hospital, Children’s Minnesota, and Hennepin Healthcare who helped save lives in responding to this horrific event.
Watch the full video of Representative Morrison’s floor speech HERE.
Transcript of Rep. Morrison’s remarks below:
Mr. Speaker,
Today I rise in recognition of the brave hospital workers who responded to the Annunciation school shooting last week.
Whenever a mass shooting happens, the ripple effects of trauma in that community are profound. I want to take a moment to thank every health care worker who helped save lives in responding to this event.
Children’s, Masonic, and particularly the staff at Hennepin Healthcare, who took in nearly a dozen children in critical condition.
These children arrived alone, unidentified, and ripped apart by gunshot wounds.
The hospital staff leapt into action immediately: removing shrapnel, performing emergency surgery, providing stabilizing care and comfort to these little children.
While we’re immensely grateful for their expertise, we should not normalize that doctors and nurses in the United States have had to become experts in managing war wounds.
The toll it takes on them is real.
This event reminds us of how critically important our Level 1 Trauma Centers are in our communities.
They are lifesaving and these hospital workers are our heroes.
I am immeasurably grateful.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back.
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