The Emergency Quotes

“The devastation was a literal manifestation of the old truism “When America catches a cold, Black America gets pneumonia.”
― Thomas Fisher, The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER

“we are just chemistry and physics made sentient, on a rock flying in the void of space.”
― Thomas Fisher, The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER

“I prepared my affairs—set up autopay for my mortgage, stocked my freezer, and withdrew cash as though I’d be gone for six months. My will was up-to-date.”
― Thomas Fisher, The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER