This editoral addresses the need there is to care for the Urban Rescue Teams, Firemen, Policemen who worked on the front line in Christchurch. Some of them then went straight on to Japan.
They appeared as giants bestriding the rubble. They did work that was demanding both physically and emotionally. They they were well trained, they carried out their work with efficiency and courage, but now that it is all over, and the adrenalin has stopped running they have have to return to ordinary lives.
Care must be taken to ensure that they do not become forgotten heros.
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