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Three years ago, this past October, I took over as Chief Editor of Forensic Magazine®. In that time, I have met lots of heroes – both in person and through the stories we have run in the pages of the magazine. This holiday season, I thought I’d share some of my favorites.
This issue we look back to the Katrina disaster with the feature, Life in a Disaster Morgue (Forensic Magazine® December 2005/January 2006). Written by frequent contributor, Douglas Page, this article won a Tabbie Award (www.tabpi.org) for editorial excellence. Doug told the story of a DMORT (Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team) called to identify victims of Hurricane Katrina, the worst disaster in U.S. history – a natural disaster and a national disgrace.
You’ll read about men and women who work regular jobs and are called upon at a moment’s notice to respond with their forensic skills to identify the dead in mass casualties. They are all heroes – dentists and pathologists and anthropologists, among other professionals. There is no ‘great feeling’ at the end their work – they have dealt only with the dead. But, according to David Senn, DDS, a member of the DMORT covered in the article, “The work itself is the psychological salve that helps us deal with disasters.”
Read the article Life in a Disaster Morgue by Douglas Page.
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