Greene and paramedics treat children involved in a serious school bus collision with a snowplow. As the paramedics work to save the young victims, firefighters struggle to remove the impacted snowplow from the bus. The firefighters succeed, and paramedics rush the injured kids to County General. At the er, hospital staff members feverishly work to save some of the extremely critical youngsters. As a result of the combined efforts of paramedics, firefighters and hospital personnel, all of the children miraculously survive.

From his own accident, Ross receives a gash to the head. Jeanie, his passenger, who was not wearing a seatbelt, has contusions to the forehead, face and abdomen. Paramedics rush her to the hospital, where Benton administers to her. Tests reveal a serious condition, but not from the accident or from her HIV-positive status: Jeanie has Hepatitis C.

Carter and Lucy refrain from sexual relations with each other due to hospital policy. Ross resigns from the hospital and decides to move to either Portland or Seattle. He asks Hathaway, his fiancie, to join him, but she declines. Sullivan does not file charges against Ross for Ricky Abbott's death. Anspaugh agrees to keep the clinic open, as long as Evans manages it--not Hathaway.

Mobalage's wife, Kubby (recurring guest star AKOSUA BUSIA), tells Hathaway she does not want her husband to have the surgery for erectile dysfunction. She confides to Hathaway that in Nigeria 10 soldiers raped her and Mobalage does not know it. Hathaway urges Kubby to tell her husband. Later, paramedics rush Kubby to the hospital with stab wounds. Mobalage checks on her and collapses on the ground as security approaches him.