RYLAND WARD, 6, shot 5 times at the age of 5, leaves the hospital in a big, shiny red Fire Truck, and is welcomed by the whole community who is now, along with his father, his whole family.
Just last week, Ryland celebrated his 6th birthday. He is expected to be released from University Hospital Wednesday afternoon. Ryland was shot five times in the nation's worst church massacre. A big red fire truck just like Ryland wants picked him up and escorted him back home. The driver of that truck was the firefighter who rescued Ryland that tragic day. He was also to be greeted by other first responders and the community.
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VIDEO: Firefighters escort 6-year-old Sutherland Springs church shooting surivor Ryland Ward home. (One HUGE project for one special little boy!) Observe the detail--police, fire, hospital personnel, news helicopter, etc.--that went into this project!
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Members of the community lined the streets on the way to Sutherland Springs to cheer on Ryland as he made his big return home.
Last patient from Sutherland Springs shootings goes home
(SAN ANTONIO, TX – Jan. 11, 2018) We are very happy to announce that the last of the patients treated at University Hospital from the Sutherland Springs shootings was released today.
Ryland Ward, 6, was discharged Thursday.
Five adults and four children injured in the Nov. 5 shooting were brought to University Hospital’s Level I trauma center. One pediatric patient died. The others were subsequently were treated and discharged over the next two months, with Ryland the last.
Brooke Army Medical Center, also a Level I trauma center in partnership with University Health System to serve our region, treated eight patients. All have been released.
Ryland and his family are happy to be going home. Many of us at University Health System who have been touched by the strength and spirit of Ryland and the other Sutherland Springs patients celebrate this milestone with them and their families.
Thank you for your interest in these patients and their families who endured great pain and suffering in the wake of this senseless act.
THE FOLLOWING are some pictures of Ryland in the hospital and being wheeled out to the Fire Truck. If you CLICK on the photograph below, and then on the start arrow in the middle of the photo that will then appear, you will be taken to Renee Santos' Facebook Page where these photos reside. This presentation ends with the material on Renee Santos' Facebook Page.
Here come some of the fire trucks! @News4SA @KABBFOX29
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Some might wonder why this news story is here. First and foremost, I sensed the Spirit of our God working throughout this tragic episode. Secondly, I sensed the Spirit of Christ alive in the miraculous saving of Ryland Ward. Thirdly, The Holy Spirit continues to work throughout this community and the surrounding communities. Fourthly, that this tragedy could have been prevented if the bureaucracy of the military would have followed the law and reported the discharged, mentally ill man to the FBI upon his discharge from the military. This is a compound social justice issue which I hope we will not soon forget as people of an Institution for the betterment of human life and fulfillment.
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