Col. Edward L. Fieg Going 'Over the Wire'

Col. Edward L. Fieg arrived at a full parking lot his hospital at Travis Air Force Base on the morning of January 26 to begin a 17 hour day in which he saw 25 patients of the 86 who came into the emergency room.  At the conclusion of the day, the doctor's car was the last of among hundreds that had been there that morning and Ed left a message for his commanding officer that he had put the Taliban on speed-dial so he could "cross the wire."