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Hospital ship crew starts arriving home

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Published 03/15/10

Ensign Tom Diggs is a paramedic with the Ferndale Volunteer Fire Company, so he's used to seeing some grim scenes.

Navy photo Ensign Tom Diggs of Glen Burnie, a Navy nurse serving aboard the USNS Comfort, works on a patient with Project Hope volunteer Stephen Hickey. Diggs is also a paramedic with the Ferndale Volunteer Fire Company.

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But he wasn't quite ready for what he saw in Haiti as a Navy nurse serving aboard the USNS Comfort.

"It was a surprise to see the level of devastation," the Glen Burnie man said. "I can say that the people down here have experienced a life-altering, life-changing event. I've seen, unfortunately, the aftermath of many different events, but I've never seen anything on this scale."

Now Diggs and other members of the Comfort crew are on their way home.

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NNMC - 2010-03-15 15:09:22

I was recently stricken with a life changing illness, was admitted to NNMC, and many of my doctors and corpman left for Haiti on the Comfort two days after my release. I can tell you from personal experience, they are the best medical staff, in my opinion, in the country. Professional, caring, and dedicated healers. GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!! We welcome you home with open arms.

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