‘The room was shaking’: Doctor recounts terrifying hours in Doha
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“It’s getting real close, the room is shaking… I don’t know if I’m going to make it out of this. And I love you so much.”
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— Dr. Jay Miller describing a phone call to his wife and daughter
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“Five or six missiles came in quick succession. The whole place cleared out in seconds.”
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“Fear… people hadn’t slept, there was yelling in the hotel lobby, crying and frantic phone calls.”
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“I was running down a stairwell with other people trying to get to the basement to hide.”
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“I’m a guy just like everybody else in New Orleans… This is absolutely terrifying.”
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“The sooner we can end violence anywhere, it would be a good thing.”
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(Source: WDSU interview with Dr. Jay Miller)
Working frantically with his wife — still in India — he searched for flights leaving anywhere outside the Middle East.
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