Boston nurses describe bloody bombing aftermath

By Helen Pow
DailyMail

BOSTON — Nurses in Boston have recounted how they held the hands of terrified bombing victims as they wrapped their amputated legs and cleaned shrapnel and nails from their bloody wounds.

A week after the marathon attack, their screams and cries continue to haunt the nurses who put their own fears aside to do their job as they were trained to do, comforting their patients.

‘These patients were terrified. They were screaming. They were crying,’ said Megann Prevatt, an ER nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital, which treated 22 of the 187 victims the first day.

Full story: ‘They were screaming and crying': Boston nurses describe chaos in ER as they held bombing victims’ hands as they wrapped bloody legs and treated shrapnel wounds