We the People

Washington, DC: A firefighter suffers facial and inhalation burns when his mask comes off fighting a fire; A man has a bullet lodged just underneath his skin after being shot in the back in an argument; A woman goes into labor; A tourist has dislocated her knee; A man has collapsed outside a burning building where his home and business were relocated; An out-of-towner who has been shot in a rough part of town while trying to procure drugs has driven to a police station with a broken thigh bone after having been shot; An HIV+ man is having trouble breathing; A 61-year-old inebriated mugging victim has been hit in the head; A woman on the mall waiting for a July 4 fireworks display is having an asthma attack.