Her Calabasas home is wedged between two major fires that have devastated Los Angeles County, and she can see water-dropping helicopters through the windows. The slightest change in the wind could have life-altering consequences.
Yet when she awoke Friday, this registered nurse drove through the haze and smoke to Pasadena to help people who have been displaced by another fire, the deadly Eaton blaze.
As she stood outside the Pasadena Convention Center, now an evacuation center for more than 1,200 people displaced by the fire, she reflected, "What kind of nurse would I be if I didn't come?"
Across the Southland, thousands of people who have seen heartbreaking images of ruined neighborhoods have responded in similar ways, donating food, money, clothing or just time to victims of the fires.
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