Noah Wyle
Appearances
Fresh Air
The Red Scare & America's Conspiratorial Politics
That's as hard as it gets. We do these debriefs to try to give a sense of closure, meaning to difficult cases so that they won't linger. But trust me, the kids you'll lose will linger. So what do you do?
Fresh Air
The Red Scare & America's Conspiratorial Politics
I did my residency at Big Charity in New Orleans, and day one, I got a kid, five-year-old boy, accidentally shot by his brother, playing with dad's gun, worried he was gonna get in trouble, right up until he coated and died. Then I asked myself, like, what do I do with this kid? Where do I put this feeling? And I found myself walking all night.
Fresh Air
The Red Scare & America's Conspiratorial Politics
I was walking and walking and walking, and I found myself back at the gates of Big Charity Cemetery, and I'm looking at all those mausoleums and those crypts, and I'm thinking to myself, okay, that's what I need. I just need a safe place where I can put these feelings.