(Jerusalem Post) - Barbara Sofer On Nov. 21, 2002, an Israeli bus carrying students to school was blown up in Jerusalem. Eleven people were murdered, and tens of others seriously injured. That night, the terrorist's father went on TV and praised his son. The following day, the terrorist's father was brought to the very same emergency room with chest pains. He was cared for by the same medical staff who had labored over his son's victims the day before. On the same day, 70 physicians arrived in Israel from the U.S. to take part in a medical conference. The American experts listened as a cardiac thoracic surgeon explained how a young woman, 23, with a wristwatch lodged in her throat and both carotid arteries severed has survived the bus bombing. "We all realized that in our own medical centers, that patient would likely have died," explained Harvard Prof. Ben Sacks. "The Israelis have moved far ahead of us in preparedness."
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