LEFT BEHIND

摘要

As Ruth Berggren slept in a darkened hospital room, the hot, muggy air settled damply on her skin. Nothing stirred; the air-conditioning and lights had shut down days before, when Hurricane Katrina knocked out Charity Hospital's main power. Berggren and her husband Tyler Curiel, leading scientists in New Orleans' academic community, had been waiting for rescue for days. They were hoping to save the patients of Charity's Ward 9 West. Suddenly, Berggren heard someone shouting. She leapt from her bed and ran into the pitch-black hallway. She saw a sweaty young Marine, twitching nervously as he held his gun. "What are you doing here?" he barked, shining a flashlight in her face. "I was told this floor had been evacuated!"