Nurse from Westwood answers the call for Haiti

With all of the devastation following the aftermath of the earthquake that shook Haiti, there have been many agencies and other outlets all over the world that have been trying to answer the call for aid that those in Haiti so desperately need at this time. Over the past couple days we have heard countless stories about the different ways local people have stepped up, and have answered Haiti's call for help.

Today in the Boston Globe was an article, Nurse practitioner answers the call for Haiti. In the article, it is described what she is packing to plan for her two week trip to Haiti, where she will be working alongside a team of nurses and doctors treating victims who seek emergency medical treatment. For two weeks, Annie O'Connor is uprooting her life here in Boston, where she works at Brigham in Women's Hospital, and is a mother to two 10-year old twin boys and an older daughter.

Annie O'Connor is a part of a group of 50 doctors and nurses being sent from several Boston area hospitals - Mass General and Brigham & Women's. O'Connor hopes to make a difference and be able to use her skills to help those. O'Connor said,"I think this is a good lesson for my kids. I think they'll learn that our community is larger than we think, and that anytime we have an opportunity to help, we should."

I think this is an incredible story of a local mother with young children who is willing to stop her life for 2 weeks to help out those who are suffering in Haiti.