South Georgia ER that helped tornado victims faces shutdown

Terry England, the powerful chairman of Georgia’s House Appropriations Committee, was sitting in his church Sunday morning when he started getting the texts. Tornadoes had just ripped through South Georgia. And victims were headed to an emergency room — one whose closure was announced that same week.

Then relief: A document flashed in England’s memory saying the ER still had 37 days before shutting down.

“Thankfully,” England thought. “Because they’re about to get real busy.”