The Accident Aftermath
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Wendy immediately got into action. She waved over David Hodges and briefed him on what he needed to do.
Ray had Grissom whisked away on a gurney while he examined Sara right there. As a CSI in training, Wendy had some medical aid background.
"Hodges take notes please. Sara, do you remember anything about the crash?"
Sara looked directly a head. "We had just been told to fasten our seatbelts as we were about to begin our descent. Then something went horribly wrong. Gil hadn't fastened his seatbelt as he was reaching for something in the overhead. " Sara began to tear up.
"Oh god please don't let him die!"
"Sara you need to be strong and focus." Wendy told her.
"Gil had retrieved what he wanted and then sat down. He had his seatbelt almost fastened when we hit the turbulence and hit something hard. – maybe it was a tree or something like that. He bounced out of his seat and fell into the aisle. As he tried to get up, others, who also hadn't' got their belts on where bouncing around and I think this rather large guy landed on Gil."
Sara stopped as she began to sob again. "With Gil on the bottom of the pile and who knew if he was alive at the time, we just kept plummeting down. There was no response or anything from the pilot or co-pilot so we knew we were in danger. The people in the seats a head of us were by the escape window so together me and the other guy sitting next to me and the three in the seat a head knew we had to open the window and fast when we landed."
Sara continued to tell her end of the story much to Hodges surprise that she remembered every single detail.
"I am very detail oriented Hodges, you should know that by now." She replied when he made a comment.
"I want to go see Gil." She said after a few minutes.
"He's in surgery at Desert Palm. He has rib fractures from that 'fat guy' landing on him plus some internal injuries from the other people piling on top and just random bruises from the crash itself. He's going to be in surgery and then ICU for a while." Wendy reported after getting the answer from Brass.
Sara began to cry. "It is so not fair!" she said. Wendy hugged her. "Sara please try to think positive. When you were under that car in the desert we found you and you recovered. I know this is totally different, but please think positive and that he is going to be all right."
Sara nodded and stood up and then began to cry again. She was bleeding.
"Sara? Were you pregnant?" Wendy asked her quietly.
Tears streaming down her face, Sara nodded. "Yes. I – I was going to tell Gil about the baby as I had just been to the doctor and he told me I was two months along. We were making our descent in to Las Vegas before the crash and I was about to tell him when he suddenly needed something from the overhead bin…and then the rest is history. I never did get to tell him."
"I am so sorry Sara." Wendy said. "I am truly sorry."
"It is a double whammy too – because realistically that was my only chance." She said and began to cry again.
Wendy gave Sara some comfort and let her weep. Hodges handed the notes to Wendy and went back to where Langston needed him.
Brass came over to where the two women were sitting. "Sara, Gil is out of surgery. He is still critical, but the doctors say he will pull through. "
"Can I see him?"
"The doctors are making a special exception for you so come with me and I'll take you to him. He is still unconscious and in recovery so we can't stay long." Brass told her.
Sara hugged Wendy and followed Brass.
They were almost done processing the scene and the two lab techs knew they had a lot to process back at the lab so they got into Wendy's vehicle and went back. Both were very quiet on their way back to the lab.
"Are you ok Wendy? Did that scene freak you out?"
"As a matter of fact yes it did. But I still want to be a CSI. I have now seen one of the worst possible scenarios and I handled it."
"I will support you 100% Wendy in whatever you chose." Hodges told her.
"I think when we finish processing at work, we will deserve a nice relaxing time in each other's arms." She said with a wink.
Hodges nodded and thought about what they could do
