On Oct. 15, Barry Wante, director of Emergency Management, and Bob Donaghue, operations manager of Security and Parking, led a “deliberate vertical evacuation” exercise in Tower 14CD, with help from Central Transport, Engineering, Security and Parking, STRATUS, the Center for Patients and Families, Patient Access Services, Admitting, Spiritual Care Services, Environmental Affairs and Communication & Public Affairs. Pictured above: Karla Mendoza, of valet company VPNE, plays the role of a non-ambulatory patient and is transported down a stairwell in a med-sled by Security Officer Ryan Carvalho and Emergency Management’s Michael Rourke (far right).