"Alvarez, 32, said he sees the department's sponsored post regularly, making it hard even to take a break from reality with a social media scroll. Both the post and the city's official description feel like a blow on top of the trauma he's still processing from that moment he jumped in to try to save Rangel, whom he looked up to as a fellow queer Latino on the ward."
"Multiple Ward 86 social workers told KQED, some on the condition of anonymity, that Alvarez was the first person to intervene in the attack, and eyewitnesses said the suspect dropped the 5-inch knife after being pulled off Rangel, with a deputy intervening shortly afterward. Officials at UCSF directed Ward 86 staff not to discuss any aspects of the incident unless university legal counsel is present, according to an email reviewed by KQED."
An on-site deputy was described by the Sheriff's Office as having 'intervened immediately, restraining the suspect and securing the scene.' The sheriff's deputies' union posted an Instagram saying a deputy 'saved Ward 86 from a rapid mass casualty stabbing.' Social worker Gerardo Alvarez said he jumped in to try to save patient Rangel and that the sponsored post compounded his trauma. Multiple Ward 86 social workers and eyewitnesses said Alvarez was the first to intervene and that the suspect dropped the knife after being pulled off Rangel, with a deputy intervening shortly afterward. UCSF instructed staff not to discuss the incident without legal counsel. Staff issued a collective statement saying the deputy did not intervene immediately and that the attacker remained unrestrained for several minutes.
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