Thank You, Volunteers!
Note: The following is a letter we received from Lorene & Jim McBride of Houston. We are happy to print it in its entirety.
Tuesday night, 7 June 2000, the Glasscock County Emergency Medical Service in the St. Lawrence area was directly responsible for saving the life of Lorene McBride, sister of Delmer Batla.
Lorene suffered from a respiratory distress, which was correctly diagnosed by Paramedic Kenny Batla. He put out a call for assistance and four of your volunteer EMT’s responded in one of the most professional manners I have ever witnessed. Lorene was then transferred to Midland Memorial Hospital where she began the road to full recovery.
Consequently, we wish to offer our most profound thanks to Kenny, Mark Frysak, Harold Hoelscher, Tommy Hoelscher and Mitchell Jansa. We feel that the people of Glasscock County are in very capable and professional hands, should an emergency develop. In fact, the next time you see one of these gentlemen, or any of your EMS personnel, shake their hand and give them a pat on the back to let them know how much you appreciate their selflessness.
Again, from the depths of our hearts we thank you for Lorene’s life.