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10 WINCHENDON COURIER<br />

Friday, May 3, 2013<br />

SHAMBO continued from page 1<br />

them away, sending them away<br />

from the scene to safety; but I<br />

knew I had to get through them<br />

<strong>and</strong> to the active scene,” Shambo<br />

said last Thursday sitting calmly<br />

in front of a sunny window in<br />

Winchendon.<br />

She is trained as a Navy medic,<br />

<strong>and</strong> spent four years on active duty<br />

<strong>and</strong> eight years in the reserves<br />

going into the Navy directly from<br />

Murdock High School in 1980;<br />

trained as a hospital corpsman,<br />

medic <strong>and</strong> EMT. She did her time,<br />

<strong>and</strong> stayed in the reserves while<br />

she went back to college, eventually<br />

earning an MBA in international<br />

business.<br />

But she was recalled to active<br />

duty during Operation Desert<br />

Storm, <strong>and</strong> was back on the front<br />

lines until 1992.<br />

The training, while not used for<br />

many years, immediately came to<br />

the fore. Shambo went to the scene<br />

of the carnage; <strong>and</strong> told those<br />

guarding the perimeter she was a<br />

medic. From that moment on, she<br />

said, she could not tell you how<br />

many people she helped, just that<br />

she was continuously busy.<br />

“It was mind boggling, I would<br />

never have thought this would<br />

happen on such a traditional day.<br />

Why would they do such a thing?<br />

They would have nothing to gain,<br />

why would they display such<br />

hatred? To harm people from<br />

every walk of life like that? Where<br />

does such hatred come from?”<br />

Shambo, who lives in Hopkinton<br />

now with her three children, has<br />

worked at the Marathon for several<br />

years, usually at the beginning<br />

of the race. She has hosted runners<br />

in her home, worked at various<br />

events <strong>and</strong> been there at the<br />

beginning of the races every year.<br />

She was once honored as a veteran<br />

by Hopkinton as a part of the<br />

Marathon experience a few years<br />

ago. Two years ago, a friend suggested<br />

she begin working at the<br />

finish line for a change, just to see<br />

what it was like, <strong>and</strong> so she did.<br />

“Last year was the first year, <strong>and</strong><br />

it was so hot. My medic training<br />

was very valuable then too <strong>and</strong> the<br />

Mylar® blankets were used to help<br />

with dehydration issues <strong>and</strong> collapsing<br />

runners from the heat. It<br />

was a different scenario all together,<br />

but being at the finish line was<br />

a unique experience.”<br />

This year, with better weather, a<br />

gorgeous blue sky <strong>and</strong> high spirits,<br />

Shambo <strong>and</strong> her friends were<br />

looking forward to an easy finish<br />

line assignment, <strong>and</strong> were enjoying<br />

the day; where she was searching<br />

the faces of runners for people<br />

she knew from towns across the<br />

Commonwealth including<br />

Winchendon.<br />

“I grew up here <strong>and</strong> still know a<br />

lot of people, so yes, I was watching<br />

for lots of people.”<br />

Instead, her day became one of<br />

continuous duty.<br />

“I’m trained to respond to mass<br />

casualty <strong>and</strong> to signs of terror; the<br />

sounds of bombs going off just put<br />

my military training to work.”<br />

She said as the second bomb detonated<br />

<strong>and</strong> she ran toward the<br />

casualties, two thoughts ran<br />

through her mind, “I thought of<br />

my three children, <strong>and</strong> I thought is<br />

there going to be another bomb.”<br />

“But it didn’t deter me from<br />

helping. I could not, not go. Not to<br />

help was not an option.”<br />

She had praise for the Boston<br />

Athletic Association <strong>and</strong> its organization<br />

of the day <strong>and</strong> the planning<br />

for the Marathon.<br />

“The BAA has this down to a science,<br />

even the tents for medical<br />

attention were placed for easy<br />

access to the streets for ambulances,<br />

well thought out. I have an<br />

appreciation for the attention to<br />

detail.”<br />

She said the attention of those<br />

who were there, <strong>and</strong> anyone with<br />

any medical training were immediately<br />

on h<strong>and</strong> doing emergency<br />

work, triage <strong>and</strong> helping with<br />

transport; was outst<strong>and</strong>ing.<br />

“There were no egos, everyone<br />

just helped. We worked together<br />

for the benefit of the casualties,<br />

<strong>and</strong> it was amazingly efficient.”<br />

She said she stayed with a<br />

patient, into an ambulance <strong>and</strong> to<br />

a hospital finally, <strong>and</strong> when she<br />

finally realized she was no longer<br />

at the bomb site, she didn’t know<br />

where she was.<br />

“I had to ask, where am I? Which<br />

hospital? Turns out it was Tufts<br />

Medical Center. I had to find a way<br />

to get back, <strong>and</strong> to get a way from<br />

there home.”<br />

She also had to find a way to contact<br />

her family, eventually getting<br />

a text to her daughter, to let them<br />

know she was unharmed <strong>and</strong> had<br />

been working at the bomb site.<br />

“I was covered with blood, none<br />

of it my own. And I had never had<br />

gloves but never thought about it.<br />

When working, you just work <strong>and</strong><br />

do what needs doing.”<br />

Since April 15 Shambo was<br />

interviewed by Hopkinton’s own<br />

cable news channel <strong>and</strong> also<br />

appeared on the Today show. She<br />

is well spoken <strong>and</strong> poised, very<br />

articulate about the experience,<br />

but obviously touched by it.<br />

“No one should see this <strong>and</strong><br />

experience this. I am glad I was<br />

able to be of help, but sorry I had<br />

to use what I know.”<br />

Highly successful Earth Day<br />

event pleases organizers<br />

BY HEATHER PERREAULT<br />

COURIER CORRESPONDENT<br />

WINCHENDON — Lots of citizens were<br />

out on the town last Saturday, cleaning up<br />

the community with a vengeance since a<br />

dumpster was provided on Pleasant Street<br />

to dispose of everything.<br />

Anyone who helped were provided some<br />

freebies, thanks to generous business owners,<br />

at least until they ran out because there<br />

were more people helping than expected.<br />

S<strong>and</strong>wiches from McDonald’s drinks from<br />

Cumberl<strong>and</strong> Farms, donuts from Gourmet<br />

Donuts, <strong>and</strong> cold water from Winchendon<br />

Courier were all there. In addition, the<br />

gloves <strong>and</strong> trash bags were provided by<br />

Belletete’s.<br />

Webelo Pack 193 went from block to block<br />

cleaning as they went. Their brothers in<br />

arms, Boy Scout Troop 193 had been out the<br />

weekend before since they were busy this<br />

weekend <strong>and</strong> couldn’t be here.<br />

Cars <strong>and</strong> trucks full of trash, furniture,<br />

Heather Perreault photos<br />

Cub Pack 193 worked very hard on their area, <strong>and</strong> brought back several bags of trash.<br />

tires <strong>and</strong> more; people of all ages <strong>and</strong> even<br />

K9 friends were unloading at the curb.<br />

Weighed at the transfer station, Board of<br />

Health Chairman Lionel Cloutier reports<br />

3.75 tons of waste was in the dumpster when<br />

it was picked up.<br />

But some people also took items directly<br />

to the transfer station, or just cleaned their<br />

areas without reporting it to the town; so<br />

the total is actually much higher.<br />

“It is amazing what was accomplished.<br />

We’d like to do it again this fall,” said<br />

Cloutier.<br />

He <strong>and</strong> his helpers were keeping track of<br />

those who did come to the dumpster, <strong>and</strong><br />

where the trash had been picked up. Those<br />

who worked at the Veterans’ Park, helping<br />

to unload cars <strong>and</strong> trucks included: Darryl<br />

Steffen, Ernest Jean, David Fortin, Beverly<br />

Long, Beth Smith, Chris Smith, Mike Smith,<br />

Cindy Cloutier <strong>and</strong> Rick Germano. Several<br />

trucks were available to pick up larger<br />

items if needed including trucks donated by<br />

R<strong>and</strong>y Lucier <strong>and</strong> Rick McAllister.<br />

Areas in town that were definitely on the<br />

trash hit list included Town Farm Road,<br />

Mill Glen Road, Spruce Street, Mechanic<br />

Street, Maynard Street, Pleasant Street,<br />

Central Street, Royalston Road South, Pearl<br />

Street, Maple Street, Lakeshore Drive, Pond<br />

Street, Elm Street, Linden Street, Webster<br />

Street, Juniper Street, Locust Street, West<br />

Street, Lake Street, Front Street, Main<br />

Street, Gardner Road, the Bike Path, Sibley<br />

Road, Hale Street, Royalston Road North<br />

<strong>and</strong> Lincoln Avenue.<br />

Folks who took time to give their names<br />

(<strong>and</strong>, said Cloutier, we know there were<br />

many more we want to thank who didn’t tell<br />

us who they were), included: John, Donna &<br />

Stacie Girouard, Debbie Fortin, Noah<br />

Stram, David Fortin <strong>and</strong> Bev Long, Chris,<br />

Ruth DeAmicis photo<br />

Abigail Lemieux did most of Lincoln Avenue all by<br />

herself. She lives on that street <strong>and</strong> wanted to be<br />

sure her neighborhood had a lot of attention paid<br />

to it.<br />

Beth & Mike Smith, the Huff family, the UU<br />

Church, Charlie Woodard, Cindy, Ben & Lee,<br />

Epie & Daniel Heim <strong>and</strong> Alex Lemieux, Al<br />

Beaudreu, Livvy Tarleton, Paul Lafrennie,<br />

Steve & Jeremy Brown, Ray & Abby<br />

Lemieux, the CAC group, <strong>and</strong> Elaine Mroz.<br />

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