Susan Dey: Dr. Breene

Quotes 

• Dr. Breene : Paramedic Parker's breakdown left an immeasurable hole in the fabric of life in that firehouse. Mr. Parker seems to have become sort of a surrogate father for these employees and apparently helped them through difficulties encountered during and after 9\11. This role as father almost certainly contributed to his feeling that it was left to him to rectify what he saw as the closing of the 5-5 and therefore the destruction of his family.

• Carlos Nieto : What the hell does 9\11 have to do with it?

  Dr. Breene : Doc's statements made to the police officer that brought him out suggest it may be the root of his breakdown.

  Carlos Nieto : No, Doc's the one that we all talked to. He was the only real strong one. Doc Parker's the reason why I dropped out of med school, okay? Figured if being a paramedic was good enough for someone like him.

• Holly Levine : Doc is a teacher. He did this for us so we could learn lessons. I'm grateful.

  Dr. Breene : What lessons have you learned?

  Holly Levine : Uh, I'm still working on that.

• Kim Zambrano : [about Doc's whereabouts]  Where is he?

  Dr. Breene : At Bellevue under suicide watch.

  Kim Zambrano : Have you spoken to him?

  Dr. Breene : He won't talk to anyone.

• Dr. Breene : [voice over; in her tape recorder]  Kim Zambrano actually returned to work from her own mental collapse on September 11th. She pushed aside her own pain and answered the city's call for help. This is a theme, which, as you know runs through most of the city's emergency employees. Carlos Nieto acted selflessly during the hostage situation at the firehouse and certainly saved Captain Steeper's life. However, as do many of the survivors of 9\11, he clearly doesn't feel heroic. Despite their hesitance to speak openly with me, if they do not locate an avenue for such a discussion, they will never adequately recover from this trauma.