A 9/11 scholarship helped this Lewisporte woman become a doctor. Now she's giving back and here to stay
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Growing up as a teenager in Lewisporte, Raie Lene Kirby always knew she wanted to practice medicine in central Newfoundland. That desire only solidified when she was part of a group working to help passengers who arrived in the region following the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001.
"I think it solidified that I wanted to try to help people," Kirby, who now works as a family physician in Botwood, told CBC Radio's Weekend AM Sunday.
"It was certainly eye opening to see so many cultures and ethnicities and backgrounds and everyone being so connected in such a time of trauma and emergency.
"I enjoyed making those connections, and tying the stories and the backgrounds of people together. I think that's what solidified family medicine specifically as the specialty of choice for my practice."
Kirby worked with many of the "plane people" that came to the community after landing in Gander, often spending time with children while their parents were tending to family business.
One of the people who landed in the community was Shirley Brooks-Jones, who knew she wanted to thank the people of Lewisporte for their kindness and generosity.
In the months that followed 9/11, Brooks-Jones launched the Lewisporte Area Flight 15 scholarship, offering a small financial boost to local high school seniors for university. Over 340 students have received the scholarship since 2002.
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