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Know that they vary widely in aid, from 2 years old, the youngest victim, 2 years old up into their 40s and some into their 70s. in terms of the injuries that they have sustained, doctors are telling us mainly that their lower extremities where they have suffered the most pain. two hospitals, the one behind me and massachusetts general held press conferences late last night. their trauma er speaking to the about what they had seen. i want you to listen to sound from both of those. injuries. >> a...

Injuries on a broad scale, can you elaborate anymore on injuries? >> im hesitant to give you a rundown of each of the eight one by one. the dominant injury have been combined complex lower extremity injuries involving blood vessels, bone and soft tissue. [ inaudible ] >> one of my partners has been deployed to iraq and afghanistan, and i think has probably the most personal experience with these types of injuries. hes been here most of the night. but i havent talked to him directly about how doe...

Critical condition. can you elaborate on their injuries? >> im hesitate to give you a run down on each of the 8 one by one by one. again, the dominant injury has combined complex lower extremity injuries involving blood vessels, bone and soft tissue. >> do any of the play hes have combat experience? >> one of my partners actually has been deployed in iraq and afghanistan, and i think has probably the most personal experience with these types of injuries. hes been here most of the night. but i ha...

General. lets listen in. >> what kind of injuries? >> a variety of injuries. probably the most common serious injuries are combined lower extremity injuries, meaning bone injuries, soft tissue and vascular issues. >> are you seeing some fractional type injuries? >> were seeing a lot of shrapnel injuries, many involve the lower extremities. but shrapnel injuries can affect the entire body. >> doctor, please describe the scene when people were coming in, can you describe that? >> well, the first p...

A holiday here in my home state of massachusetts. its the day that tens of hows, no hundreds of thousands of people pour into the city to cheer on their loved ones who are running the marathon. three people were killed today in those explosions that were timed to go off at the finish line. among the people dead is a child, an 8 year old boy. more than 130 people have been injured. we are at massachusetts general hospital where within the last hour, trauma surgeon provided some details about the ...

Conference live at massachusetts general hospital in boston. >> theres a variety of injuries. probably the most common serious injuries are combined lower extremity injuries combined meaning bone injuries, soft tissue injuries, vascular injuries. >> are you seeing shrapnel-type injuries? >> yep. >> can you describe it? >> we are seeing a lot of shrapnel injuries, many of those involve predominantly lower extremities but they can affect the entire body. >> doctor, please describe the scene when p...

He got rid of the body. >> judge jeanine: the body is ten miles from where the shirt was. can you convict one? >> this is who you rely on, right? you rely on the doctor and pathologist and when you have a body skeletonized, the story is heartbreaking when talking to the parents, it was riveting. i keep thinking of little caylee anthony. now, hard that case was to prove because h her body was so decomposed. when you dont have the soft tissue and you cant see whether someone was choke, strangled, ...

He got rid of the body. >> judge jeanine: the body is ten miles from where the shirt was. can you convict one? >> this is who you rely on, right? you rely on the doctor and pathologist and when you have a body skeletonized, the story is heartbreaking when talking to the parents, it was riveting. i keep thinking of little caylee anthony. now, hard that case was to prove because h her body was so decomposed. when you dont have the soft tissue and you cant see whether someone was choke, strangled, ...

He got rid of the body. >> judge jeanine: the body is ten miles from where the shirt was. can you convict one? >> this is who you rely on, right? you rely on the doctor and pathologist and when you have a body skeletonized, the story is heartbreaking when talking to the parents, it was riveting. i keep thinking little caylee anthony. now, hard that case was to prove because h her body was so decomposed. when you dont have the soft tissue and you cant see whether someone was choke, strangled, rap...

Mitochondrial dna, no longer having to rely on soft tissue to test, found the genetic code locked inside that hardened bone. >> we ended up sending the three or four bones to quantico through the fbi in -- i think it was 1999. and we had obtained blood from irene flowers, who is the mother. and they were able to match up the mitochondrial dna from russell jordan to irene, and thats basically how i identified who he was. but that took almost four years. >> for 13 years, his body lay beside a trai...