Crisis mode

Does it help to have experience in dealing with crises? I think this story speaks for itself.

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Portland, Oregon -- An emergency room nurse who arrived home Wednesday night to find a strange man inside her house strangled him to death with her hands after a violent struggle.

Neighbors say the 51-year-old woman, had just gotten off work at a medical center and was still in her scrubs when she returned home shortly after 6 p.m.

Police say there was no obvious signs of forced entry in the front of the house. So the woman was surprised to find an intruder inside. The stranger was armed with a hammer. But the veteran emergency nurse went into crisis mode and escaped with only a few bruises and scrapes.

After the struggle, she ran to a neighboring house for help. By the time police arrived, a 59-year-old a convicted felon with a long record, lay dead in her home.

"You didn't need to calm her," the neighbor said. "She's an emergency room nurse. She's used to dealing with crisis. She was very clear thinking and took care of the problem."

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