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Drill prepares responders for real emergency

Mass casualty exercise included volunteers at UNG-Gainesville

A volunteer portrays an injured victim as responders load her onto an ambulance during a mass casualty drill held Saturday at the University of North Georgia’s Gainesville campus by the Georgia Emergency Management Agency. - photo by Andrew Akers

0714DRILL1 — A volunteer portrays an injured victim as responders load her onto an ambulance during a mass casualty drill held Saturday at the University of North Georgia’s Gainesville campus by the Georgia Emergency Management Agency. - photo by Andrew Akers

In the aftermath of the explosion, first responders rushed into the smoky gymnasium to aid the 22 victims. Fortunately, this was just an exercise and the victims were volunteers. The first responders, however, were real.