Dr. Hays graduated from the University of Alabama School of Medicine in 1979. She works in Birmingham, AL and specializes in Ophthalmology. Dr. Hays is affiliated with Shelby Baptist Medical Center and St Vincents East Hospital.
Sarah Hays says she met Gil just minutes before the incident. She too, noticed something was a little off, "He did say something like he was going on a spiritual journey. He was very enlightened by something, I'm not really sure what it was."