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Caretakers For Burn Victims Suffer Emotional Toll

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Dec. 21, 2008
Many of veterans injured by roadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan were burned beyond recognition. The medical staff members who dress their wounds in the burn unit of Brooke Army Medical Center help ease their agonizing pain. But they also fight their own emotional battles.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler