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The double doors of Community Hospital's emergency entrance swung open and Jose and Mary Allen rushed inside. Minutes ago they were phoned by the City Police Department and were informed that their 23-year-old daughter, Maria, had survived a head-on collision with another car. Maria's husband, Carl, who was driving her to the airport, was killed, along with the driver of the other car, which suddenly veered into their lane head-on. Jose and Mary went directly to the reception desk to ask how and when they would see their daughter; what was her condition? Mary was usually the calmer of the two but found herself screaming at the receptionist who wanted to know about insurance companies and home addresses. Those initial minutes in the emergency waiting room seemed like hours and the hours like days. Soon, though, they were joined by their two other daughters and several friends as the emergency …