(06-24-2021, 07:47 PM)Jags Wrote: Tragic indeed. This too brought back memories of 9/11 for me.  I hope they can pull survivors out.  

As to the being the person searching post,  I’ve got a close family member that was a police officer/Vietnam vet. He tells me (more often than he needs to) about pulling bodies out of a river in Virginia from a plane crash.  As far as how the SAR people go, I think it depends on their experience.  I’m being told that on a cold night there were nurses or something serving hot coffee and stew while the SAR team where fishing out bloated bodies.  This was probably back in the 70’s.  He ate well and pulled out victims. The SAR team is probably immune (sadly) to what they’re encountering.  Doesn’t mean they don’t care.  They surely do care.  Otherwise they wouldn’t do it.  I’m sure it’s tough on them. Others, I think unfortunately seen too damn much in their lives to be affected by it.  So a big thanks to those searching to pull out survivors.  I cant imagine being asleep one night and all of a sudden my family being under tons of ruble.

It's my opinion that folks who do those kinds of jobs, as well as law enforcement investigating horrible crimes and medical professionals, are able to construct psychological mechanisms to deal with it. They aren't callous to it, but they know what they do is supremely important and society is depending on them.

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