U.S. Navy's Comfort carries Mormon volunteers, supplies
Nurse Jan Tanner fanned herself in the humid heat as she tried to take in the scene before her: Hundreds of people waiting in long lines, waiting to be seen in the medical clinic prepared on the steamy Haitian shore.
A group of orphans with nervous and weary expressions were brought in. Tanner recalled a 15-year-old girl who looked particularly scared as she eyed the nurses preparing a large dose of anesthetics for her wisdom tooth removal.
Tanner said she sensed the girl's fear and held her hand, letting her know without words that she cared, that someone was there. As the doctor pulled the tooth out, the young orphan never moved, never whimpered, yet tears streamed down her cheeks.
The young girl sat up at the end and embraced Tanner. She didn't let go for half and hour. Finally, the young girl let go. "I love you," she said to Tanner before being lead out of the clinic.
"It was a tender moment for (Tanner)," said Ron Taylor, manager of communications for LDS Philanthropies.
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