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These gravelyill evacuees awaited further aid by the baggage claim carousels. Some patients were stabilized and given there medications, but the medical personel were overwhelmed by the volume. Next to one of the patient dispatch areas (which was fomerly a traveler lounge area as part of the airport) was a temporary morgue, where one medical worker said that personel would take DNA samples from the bodies before embalming them and placing them in refrigerated trucks on the premises.

These gravelyill evacuees awaited further aid by the baggage claim carousels. Some patients were stabilized and given there medications, but the medical personel were overwhelmed by the volume. Next to one of the patient dispatch areas (which was fomerly a traveler lounge area as part of the airport) was a temporary morgue, where one medical worker said that personel would take DNA samples from the bodies before embalming them and placing them in refrigerated trucks on the premises.