Triton students honored for actions during Mercy Hospital shooting

Between juggling a full-time job, attending Triton College and being a single mother of two daughters, Nadia Campbell ( pictured left, with daughter Kaylee) is used to a hectic lifestyle. Perhaps that’s why she was able to remain calm and focused in the face of a tragedy that is unimaginable for many people.

On Nov. 19 2018, Campbell, a student in Triton’s Nuclear Medicine Technology Program, had just finished her clinical assignment shift at Mercy Hospital in Chicago when she saw a rush of people running from the emergency room toward the main lobby.  A person had been shot in the parking lot and it was uncertain whether the shooter had entered the hospital. Campbell’s first instinct was to run for safety, but something inside her told her to stop.