This week on the Eye on Veterans podcast, we're highlighting the National Memorial Day Concert, airing Sunday, May 24, on PBS. One concert segment will focus on the 25th anniversary of 9/11 and will tell the story of U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Patricia Horoho, one of the heroes at the Pentagon that day.
After joining the Army, she trained in clinical trauma nursing and was assigned to the Pentagon in August 2001. Moments after terrorists crashed a plane into the heart of the building, and only 100 yards from her office, she raced to the site and quickly emerged as the experienced leader.
Lt. Gen. Horoho offered a vivid look at the battlefield triage that followed and how, with only a belt and the supplies in a medic’s backpack, she started an IV and treated her first of 75 wounded patients that day. She also shared how 9/11 was not her only experience treating casualties of a plane crash.
From deployments to Afghanistan to becoming the first woman and nurse to serve as the Surgeon General of the United States Army, Lt. Gen. Horoho shares examples of service, sacrifice, and true miracles. As our nation celebrates 250 years, we remember all those we have lost, and Gen. Horoho’s memories capture what it means to be an American and the power of human connection.
Find more heroic stories from the National Memorial Day concert, airing Sunday, May 24, on PBS.
See more from Lt. General (Ret.) Patricia Horoho and how she continues to serve our women veterans through 2 Serve Together.
Contact Phil Briggs, the host of CBS Eye on Veterans at phil@connectingvets.com.
