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Over the next four weeks Margaret
                                                            endured five surgeries. Her comprehensive
                                                            care included meeting with a psychologist
                                                            to talk through the traumatic experience
                                                            she had suffered. And a team of physical
                                                            therapists helped her learn to maneuver         AT PARKLAND HEROES CAN BE FOUND in first
                                                            from her bed and into a wheelchair. As the      responders who run toward danger, doctors
                                                            days progressed she started driving her         and nurses who believe that all patients
                                                            wheelchair faster and faster down the           deserve to be treated with compassion, and
                                                            hallway and credits her entire care team,       patients who never give up on their recovery,
                                                            led by Ashoke Sathy, MD, for her recovery.      no matter how long the road. It is these
                                                                                                            heroes – first responders, caregivers, patients
                                                            “Parkland is definitely the number one          and their families – who were honored
                                                            trauma hospital,” said Margaret. “It is         during the inaugural An Evening for Heroes.
                                                            amazing what they do and how well               Thank you to our sponsors:
                                                            trained they are. Never did I have any of       HONORARY CHAIRS
                                                            them make me feel uncomfortable, and            Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones
                                                            I know that every one of them had my            EVENT CO-CHAIRS
                                                            best interests at heart. I remember so many     Fredye Factor and Sarah Losinger
                                                            good moments with everybody.”
                                                                                                            PREMIER SPONSOR
                                                            Today Margaret wears a prosthesis on            Serena Simmons Connelly
                                                            the lower half of her right leg. And she has    PLATINUM SPONSORS
                                                            found the strength to do all of the things      The Eugene McDermott Foundation
                                                            she worried she would never do again –          The Rees-Jones Foundation
                                                            drive a car, walk down the street, and be       GOLD SPONSORS
                                                            the grandmother she was before that             Cecilia and Garrett Boone
                                                            tragic night.                                   Fredye and Dr. Dennis Factor
                                                                                                            The Hirsch Family Foundation
                                                            “My fight was to be that go-to                  Sarah and Alan Losinger
               MARGARET’S STRENGTH and determination        grandmother again,” said Margaret.
               helped her learn to walk again.                                                              McCarthy Crowther
                                                            “I love being able to pick them up from         SILVER SPONSORS
                                                            school, take them out to eat, have them         Shannon and Dr. Fred Cerise
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                                                            spend the night, take them to a movie.          Susan and Thornton Hardie, III
                     gas leak had been building up          My grandkids mean everything to me.”            Jones Day
                      under her sister’s house for three                                                    Thompson & Knight Foundation
                       days. A spark created an             She adds, “From the bottom of my heart          PURPLE SPONSORS
                        explosion so intense the force      I thank everyone at Parkland. You gave me       Azteca Enterprises, Inc.
            pushed Margaret into another room of the        a second chance. My life was saved and          Communities Foundation of Texas
            house. It was dark, her glasses had fallen      I’m me again.”                                  David Godsey
            off and she was covered in debris. She was      Margaret’s story was shared with guests at      Hammer Pomberg Family Fund
            terrified and knew she was in danger.           An Evening for Heroes, an event to celebrate     Cynthia and David Krause
                                                            heroes from Parkland and throughout the
            She recalls thinking, “Is this it? Am I         Dallas County community who care for            Parkland Auxiliary
            dying? Is this how I’m going out?”              patients along their journey of recovery        Hannah and Dr. Harlan Pollock
                                                            from a traumatic injury. Watch the video at     Quest Capital Management, Inc.
            That’s when her journey to Parkland began.      www.IStandforParkland.org/Margaret              Sherilee and Richard Trubitt


            The first responders on the scene heard
            Margaret’s screams for help and ran into
            the severely damaged house to rescue her.                                                                 SPENDING TIME with her grandchildren
                                                                                                                            means everything to Margaret.
            She was removed from the rubble and
            air-lifted to the Rees-Jones Trauma Center
            at Parkland – the first Level I trauma center
            in Texas – where she would receive the
            highest level of trauma care available.

            While the details of those first hours are
            hard for her to recall, she remembers
            one thing very clearly. She knew her right
            leg was gone.

            “I was so thankful to be alive but so
            afraid of what was going to happen,” said
            Margaret. “When I realized the extent
            of the injuries I would lay there and think
            ‘How am I going to work, drive and
            take care of myself?’ I didn’t want to be
            dependent on anyone. I knew I had to
            find the strength to fight and figure out
            how to ride this rodeo out.”
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