December 13, 2013 The Dispatch/Maryland Coast Dispatch Page 7 . . Truitt: ‘I Didn’t Really Know Him’ FROM PAGE 6 Truitt said the incident happened without warning on a random quiet Tuesday morning at the church where she volunteered. She said she didn’t know Sterner personally, but was familiar with him as a regular at the Shepherd’s Crook. “I had seen him before, but I didn’t really know him,” she said. “The one thing everybody around there knew about him was that he was a bad, bad alcoholic.” Truitt said she was conscious during her transport via ambulance from the church fire to Berlin, but remembers little after that point. “I remember being awake and alert as far as Berlin, but that’s when I think they gave me some medicine, because I started hurting real bad,” she said. “I was hurting from the beginning, but I must have been in shock because I really didn’t start hurting real bad until then. After that, I don’t remember anything until I got up here.” Truitt said a couple of days past before she came around and woke up at Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. “They said I should be able to go home in about two weeks,” she said. “That’s what they’re saying now.” Truitt said in the weeks since, she has had good days and bad days, but it appears she has turned a corner. “Right now, they’re not letting me have anything to drink,” she said. “I’m getting fluids intravenously. I’m just so thirsty.” Truitt certainly has a long road to recovery, but under the circumstances, she is happy to be alive and awaits the opportunity to return to her resort home. “They said for somebody that has third-degree burns like I got, they said I’m healing up real good,” she said. “They’ve said they have never seen anything like it before. That’s good news I guess.” Truitt has worked for resort property owner Spiro Buas for the last few years and her fiancé has worked for Buas for 14 years or so. Already, Buas is organizing a fundraising effort for Truitt to help her with mounting medical costs and other expenses. An account has been opened in her name at the Bank of Ocean City titled the Dana Truitt Donation Fund. Donations can be made at any Bank of Ocean City branch or by mail to the Dana Truitt Donation Fund, c/o Bank of Ocean City, P.O. Box 150, Ocean City, Md. 21843. It’s important for donors to specify the Dana Truitt Donation Fund as the Bank of Ocean City has other funds established in relation to the fire. In addition, donations can be made to the fund through www.ocrooms.com through the website’s donation link on the main page. The method of payment on the website is through PayPal. FOOTBALL SPECIALS SAT.: 11AM-7PM SUN.: ALL DAY MON. & THUR.: 7PM-CLOSE $2.50 22oz. Keep The Cup Miller Lt., Bud Lt., Coors Lt. $6 3 Olives Bombs & $5 3 Olives Purple “Raven” ✘✫✷✵✧✤✺ All Day: $6 Burgers & Chicken Sandwiches ☛✬✧✤✺ ✘✷5✵✧✤✺ All Day: $7 Cheesesteaks 1/2 OFF Crab Dip & Buffalo Chicken Dip 75¢ Wings (min. of 8) $ 6 EACH 3 Jerk Chicken Tenders OR 4 Cheeseburger OR 4 Pulled Pork Sliders $ 1 Domestic Drafts ✛5✧✱5✵✧✤✺ All Day: 1/2 OFF Big Salads 5-10pm: 1/2 OFF All Entrees Starts At 7pm All Day: 3 For $3 Tacos $9 Crab Cake Sandwiches 10pm-2am JJ THE DJ $6 Jager Bombs ✗✤✶✷✧✤✺ 5-10pm: $14.95 Ribs & Crab Cake Tuesday, Dec. 17 We Will Close At 5 pm. Thank You. 10pm-2am DJ WOOD 50+ TVs • 16 Drafts On Tap Game Room • Kids Menu MD Lottery • Party Trays ✷5✵✶¤✞✤✶5✱✧5✵ 9pm-2am ❏✽✼✼¤✬✯✵¤✠✤✱✦5¤✟✲✱✶5✵✶ $3 Craft & Import Drafts ✗✷✱✧✤✺ All Day: $5 Crushes EVERY NIGHT! 7pm-Close *Except Tuesday* 5-10pm: 1/2 OFF All Entrees ✝✳✳✤5✯¤✗✝❚✡ 5✶¤❏✽✼¤✍✱¤✘✷✶✯5¤✞✷✦✮✵q Every $20 Spent, HOLIDAY ✑✲✱✧✤✺ All Day: $7 Cheesesteaks $9.95 Meatloaf Dinner 116th St. & Coastal Hwy., OC, MD 21842 410-723-2120 thegreeneturtle.com gtoc@thegreeneturtle.com facebook.com/originalgreeneturtle 6-8pm ✞✍¤✗5❙✺¤✞✬✱✪✲