SAN ANTONIO — Dr. Sowjanya Mohan is the chief medical officer of Baptist Health System now but in 2001 she treated victims of 9/11 in New York.
She now treats patients in San Antonio. She reflects on 23 years that have passed since that day. Inside the Baptist Medical Center you’ll find physicians, but you’ll also find heroes.
“I was in New York City on 9/11," Mohan said. "I watched the second plane hit the tower. I was in my training to become a physician. It’s one of those things that fulfilled something within me. This is where you’re meant to be.”
It's been 23 years since Dr. Mohan was training in New York when she jumped into action.
“We started triaging, getting the hospital ready for mass casualties which is what we were expecting that day," she said. "They started bringing some of the less seriously wounded people covered in dust."
That day forever in her mind– now, two permanent reminders of the sacrifice first responders like Mohan and others made that day– hangs in the Baptist Medical Center.
“'The Flag of Honor is the names of the 3000+ people that were killed," she said.
Both flags were given to Dr. Mohan by a firefighter she treated and she donated them to the Baptist Health System.
CEO of the Downtown Baptist Medical Center, Thomas McKinney, is honored to have the flags displayed in the Baptist Health System.
“Remembering the first responders and the caregivers, the people that rushed into harms way, and answered their calling, without thinking of themselves,” McKinney said.