Wearing their scrubs, a group of nurses from St. Mary Medical Center, where Capt. David Rosa was brought after being shot, said they’re attending today’s funeral because “That is our family.”
There’s a close bond they’ve developed with the LBFD because of the number of patients the department brings to the hospital.
“People don’t usually think of us as first-responders, but we’re the first line they come to,” nurse Kelly Arroyo said.
Dr. Neel Shah said he was at St. Mary when Rosa was brought in last week.
“It’s one of the last things you want to hear on the radio,” he said.
The tragic outcome has stuck with hospital staff, according to Dr. Sameer Mistry.
“It’s easy to detach when you don’t know them, but we knew him,” he said.
— Melisas Evans and Valerie Osier