Spring Break
Reed Arena temporary hospital
By: Meredith Zdenek
Issue date: 9/18/08 Section: News
"We went out to Easterwood Field to help unload patients who weren't able to physically get off themselves and helped transfer them here to Reed Arena," said Byron Contreras, a sophomore political science major in Squadron 2.
Cadets volunteered at Reed, some of them just wanted to help, others did so because they had been personally affected by Ike or other hurricanes.
"My family got hit by Gustav when it was around, so I'm very excited to help out in any way I can," said John Griffin, a sophomore biomedical science major in Squadron 18.
"I'm especially excited that we will actually be able to work with the patients themselves," said Steven Bridges, a junior accounting major accompanying Griffin.
The U.S. Public Health Commissions does not know when these patients will be transferred elsewhere.
"[We are] grateful of the community offering we are receiving, especially from A&M," Martineau said.
"As a college student, I am really blessed as a Texas A&M student to get a great education and be able to afford a house to live at now, whereas these people may have lost everything," Contreras said. "Anything I can do to help them out in this time of need is where I feel like I am supposed to be."
Cadets volunteered at Reed, some of them just wanted to help, others did so because they had been personally affected by Ike or other hurricanes.
"My family got hit by Gustav when it was around, so I'm very excited to help out in any way I can," said John Griffin, a sophomore biomedical science major in Squadron 18.
"I'm especially excited that we will actually be able to work with the patients themselves," said Steven Bridges, a junior accounting major accompanying Griffin.
The U.S. Public Health Commissions does not know when these patients will be transferred elsewhere.
"[We are] grateful of the community offering we are receiving, especially from A&M," Martineau said.
"As a college student, I am really blessed as a Texas A&M student to get a great education and be able to afford a house to live at now, whereas these people may have lost everything," Contreras said. "Anything I can do to help them out in this time of need is where I feel like I am supposed to be."
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