INSIDE: Hugo Remembered
Sept. 19, 2014
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY of SOUTH CAROLINA
Vol. 33, No. 5
remembering hurricAne hugo – 25 yeArs lAter
Inside AnnuAl Service AwArdS
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A time of chArActer, courAge And resolve
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he late poet Robert Frost had long gone to his reward by Sept. 21, 1989, when Hurricane Hugo made landfall around midnight on South Carolina’s coast. But the excerpts below from his poem, “One Step Backward Taken,” could well apply to the unforgettable sights and sounds many of us witnessed that horrible night: I felt my standpoint shaken In the universal crisis. But with one step backward taken I saved myself from going.
Photo by Anne Thompson, Digital Imaging
President Emeritus Dr. James and Ann Edwards pose by the Hurricane Hugo stained glass window inside St. Luke’s Chapel. The Eye of the Storm window is a reminder of the devastation and destruction caused by the Category IV storm on Sept. 21, 1989. The chapel was rebuilt and rededicated in February 1994. See Edwards’ story page 6.
With a 20–foot storm surge and winds topping 135 miles per hour, the Category 4 hurricane slammed into the Palmetto State, with McClellanville and surrounding areas taking the
See Hugo on page 3
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Celebrating employees for their dedication, commitment and service.
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Dr. Edwards and others share their bird’s eye view of the storm.
2 Annual Awards 5 Meet Judi 9 Nurse’s Story t H e c AtA ly S t online http://www. musc.edu/ catalyst