2 HEROES BURNED IN RESCUES, DOCTORS SAY.Byline: Cecilia Chan Staff Writer SHERMAN OAKS - Two Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley residents who were critically burned during the Singapore Airlines  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . crash probably suffered most of their injuries while pulling other passengers to safety, their doctor said Monday. David Ralph, 54, of Palmdale, and Christina Reed, 26, of Rosamond, underwent surgery Monday to remove tissue that was burned last week when Flight SQ006 crashed on takeoff from Taiwan. ``Both told me how they, as anyone would want to, helped the person next to them get out and during that process they became heroes, which they were,'' Dr. Peter Grossman said during a news conference at the burn center named for his father. During Monday's operation, dead tissue was removed from Ralph's face, arms, hands, left ear, right leg and a small area of his back. Bioengineered skin was placed on his face so the wound, which was not deep, would heal with minimal scaring. Cadaver cadaver /ca·dav·er/ (kah-dav´er) a dead body; generally applied to a human body preserved for anatomical study.cadav´ericcadav´erous ca·dav·er n. skin, acting as a bandage bandage /ban·dage/ (ban´daj) 1. a strip or roll of gauze or other material for wrapping or binding a body part. 2. to cover by wrapping with such material. , was placed on his hands, arms and legs. Reed suffered second- and third-degree burns third-degree burns npl → brûlures fpl au troisième degré third-degree burns third npl → Verbrennungen pl dritten Grades on her arms, hands and fingers and second-degree burns second-degree burn n. A burn that blisters the skin and is more severe than a first-degree burn. second-degree burn See Burn. to her face. ``I'm happy with the progress they've made overall,'' Grossman said. ``Both tolerated the operation well. I anticipate them being in the hospital for another 10 days to two weeks.'' Ralph, the head of Antelope Valley Christian School A Christian School is a school run on Christian principles or by a Christian organization. The nature of Christian schools varies enormously from country to country according to the religious, educational, and political culture. in Lancaster, and Reed, his assistant, were in Taiwan recruiting students for a new international program at their school. On the return flight home, their plane taxied on the wrong runway during a storm and slammed into construction equipment, killing 82 people. ``Both of them did stay on the plane after they got themselves loose, they told us, and helped other people out of the plane,'' said Sheldon Ralph, the administrator's son. Sheldon Ralph also thanked the public on behalf of both families ``for their support, their love (and) their prayers.'' Grossman said Ralph and Reed will undergo surgery this week for possible skin grafts. A version of this story appears in Main News. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) RALPH (2) REED |
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