Donna Johnson had planned to go wedding dress shopping with her daughter. But on the way to Fremont, Johnson and her daughter, Melinda Rasmussen, saw black smoke billowing from the city. They knew something terrible had happened. There would be no dress shopping that day. âMelinda, you have to take me to the hospital right now,â said Johnson, an emergency room nurse. Rasmussen wouldnât see her mom for 24 hours as Johnson helped injured patients after the Hotel Pathfinder exploded in 1976. Like so many of her colleagues, Johnson was a nurse to the core of her soul. So family members were touched when the Nebraska Nurse Honor Guard had a tribute service at Johnsonâs funeral earlier this year.