UNDER THE GUN (part v: WORDS)

UNDER THE GUN (part v)

WORDS FROM A NEW YORKER ARTICLE DATED AUGUST 4^TH, ENTITLED:  “ALL THREE SPOKE SPANISH.  ALL THREE WERE AMERICANS”:  A PEDIATRICIAN DESCRIBES TREATING EL PASO’S SHOOTING VICTIMS.

WORDS

Spanish

American

care

motorcycle

helicopter

shooting

victims

E.R.

yelling

trauma

It kept coming

&

coming

Spanish

Americans

critical

bleeding

blood

blood products

boxes of fresh blood

blood

pain

blood

chaos

later

normal

life

equal

equal

vulnerable.

RW (transcribed)

Seattle

08.05.2019