A coastal state legislator is hoping the sugar refinery explosion that rocked Savannah last year prompts legislators to bolster Georgia's struggling trauma network.
State Rep. Ron Stephens, R-Savannah, took the House floor Monday to show legislators a video of the medical response to the explosion that killed 14 people and injured dozens more.
He also welcomed 20-year-old Lawrence Manker Jr., who was working in the refinery when it burst into flames.
Manker was in a wheelchair and wrapped in bandages.
Stephens hopes Manker's story will help persuade lawmakers to devote more funding to trauma care.
State Rep. Ron Stephens, R-Savannah, took the House floor Monday to show legislators a video of the medical response to the explosion that killed 14 people and injured dozens more.
He also welcomed 20-year-old Lawrence Manker Jr., who was working in the refinery when it burst into flames.
Manker was in a wheelchair and wrapped in bandages.
Stephens hopes Manker's story will help persuade lawmakers to devote more funding to trauma care.
(AP)
