Doctor says condition of school shooting victims is an ‘absolute blessing’
East Idaho News
RIGBY, Idaho (East Idaho News) It is an “absolute blessing” that two students and a custodian were not more seriously injured or killed after being shot Thursday morning at Rigby Middle School.
Dr. Michael Lemon, the trauma medical director at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, said during a news conference at the Jefferson School District Office that three victims sustained non-life-threatening injuries and should recover.
The school employee was shot one time in what Lemon described as a “through and through extremity” injury. He was treated and released by Thursday afternoon. One student was shot once in an extremity and may require surgery, according to Lemon. The other student was potentially shot twice, and two limbs were hit.
James Webster in the ITV Channel TV studio Credit: ITV News Channel TV
I’ve had a date written in my calendar for the last six months. Whenever I have seen the reminder getting closer I’ve had to stop myself thinking about it too hard. Now I have no choice.
As I write this note it is one minute past midnight on Friday 7 May 2021 and the alert has just flashed up on my phone. The day has one short description, “LAST DAY ON SCREEN.”
Later today I will be presenting my final programme for ITV News here in the Channel Islands. Just typing those words gives me a lump in my throat because quite simply it brings to an end the best two and a half years of my career. I have loved every single bit of it and in so many ways I don’t want it to end.
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Dr. Michael Lemon, the Trauma Medical Director for Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, speaks during a news conference Thursday afternoon. | Rett Nelson, EastIdahoNews.com
RIGBY It is an “absolute blessing” that two students and a custodian were not more seriously injured or killed after being shot Thursday morning at Rigby Middle School.
Dr. Michael Lemon, the trauma medical director at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, said during a news conference at the Jefferson School District Office that three victims sustained non-life-threatening injuries and should recover.
The school employee was shot one time in what Lemon described as a “through and through extremity” injury. He was treated and released by Thursday afternoon. One student was shot once in an extremity and may require surgery, according to Lemon. The other student was potentially shot twice, and two limbs were hit.
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