UK Train Crash Emergency Crew helped by Scientology Volunteer Ministers

Scientology Volunteer Ministers dispatched from Manchester and Edinburgh to the Cumbrian crash scene worked through the night and the next day helping police and emergency crews.

The 20 Volunteer Ministers provided food, water and a change of clothing as well as their trademark Scientology "Assists"* to help relieve stress and weariness to tired emergency service personnel.

VMs arriving to help

As with the London bombings of 2005, there were no walking injured or crash survivors in the site, they had all been transported to hospitals or to their destinations so help was limited to assisting emergency services at the scene.

The VM's efforts won tremendous appreciation from the authorities and local residents. One senior police official on duty at the crash scene had worked with the Volunteer Ministers at the London underground bombings, so knew their value.

In the words of L. Ron Hubbard, who formed the Scientology Volunteer Ministers: "A Volunteer Minister does not shut his eyes to the pain, evil and injustice of existence. Rather, he is trained to handle these things and help others achieve relief from them and new personal strength as well."

Assists are techniques developed by L. Ron Hubbard. They operate on the principle that one tends to withdraw mentally or spiritually from an injured area. Only by restoring communication with this area can one bring the spiritual element into healing, thereby greatly speeding the healing process. Assists are used to alleviate stress and physical aches and pains, or to orient a confused or distraught individual to his present environment.