Texas A&M Health trains 700 students with a multi-faceted emergency response scenario.

Health profession students participated in the 15th annual Disaster Day simulation at TEEX's Disaster City training facility.

More than 750 students participated in the 14th Annual Disaster Day simulation to gain experience in emergency response.

Kem Bennett saw the Texas A&M facility’s training put to the test on Sept. 11, 2001, when Texas Task Force 1 was dispatched to Ground Zero to help with rescue and recovery.

Search-and-rescue crews like Texas A&M Task Force 1 train for such disasters, which are further complicated by threats of inclement weather and building instability.