re: What is the most emotional event you've been part of or witnessed?

Man, I was a volunteer fireman for 6 years and had a slightly similar experience. 4 teens got t-boned by an 18 wheeler after running a stop sign. Used the jaws of life to open up the car like a can of sardines to pull out 2 dead bodies (one of which I knew), and the other 2 that miraculously survived. That memory is seared into me forever.

Also had another call at 2am for an extracation by paramedics. Another accident, driver was dead, but needed help getting him out. Again, used the jaws, got him out, and I noticed that the radio in the truck was still playing...a song called Counting Blue Cars, in which one of the main lines is "Tell me all your thoughts on God, 'Cause I'd really like to meet her"....That too is seared into my brain.