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I was like, can i help out with this? she was like, yeah, sure. i knew that was the career i wanted to go to. actually my goal right now that i have set for myself is open my own restaurant by age 25, call it the pleasure palate. >> over in little italy, they get ready at cook countys trauma unit. >> i was helping out some guy getting beat up and i got stab. pain just hit me. other than that, i dont feel no pain anymore. >> he got you pretty good, huh? >> yeah. >> were going to get this sewn up....

Dramatic. we see people who have been shot in the head. we see people where bullets have torn into their bodies or into their limbs. these are dramatic. these are very terrible injuries, ill tell you, many of our military colleagues that we work with and have a good relationship with, many of them keep their skills up to date by doing non-combat trauma by working with us in our trauma unit. that tells us the level of injuries that we see. >> and in terms of the injured today, at least 12, maybe ...

What is the current state of their condition? >> i would be happy to tell you. so there were three individuals who required transport to our trauma unit. one was a d.c. police officer. he was shot in both of his legs, sort of right across his knees. he has been in surgery and already out. he is doing very well. had a chance to talk to him after his surgery. he will tell you he is in good spirits. he has a recovery period ahead of him but i expect him to fully recover. we had another woman who wa...

>> well, what i will tell you is that the injuries that we see in our emergency room are very dramatic. we see people who have been shot in the head. we see people where bullets have torn into their bodies or into their limbs. these are dramatic. these are very terrible injuries, ill tell you, many of our military colleagues that we work with and have a good relationship with, many of them keep their skills up to date by doing non-combat trauma by working with us in our trauma unit. that tells u...

Were now going to go to janice orlowski, the coo at the hospital in washington. janice, i watched a very powerful moment where you i guess, expressed your fury and distress about having to deal with these mass shootings. tell me, what prompted you to react like that and expand on what you said. >> well, you know, piers, i am a doctor. i work every day and deal with facts and figures and people and persons. and at some point at the end of the news conference, someone you know, sort of threw out a...

Condition. c cnns kyung lah joins us now from the hospital with the latest. we heard about the doctors earlier who talked about the head injuries and paralysis and even burns. tell us more about the status of the patients there. >> reporter: extensive injuries. this is a level one trauma unit in the city. the most seriously injured came here. the chief of surgery came out to speak with us. she was saying this is the largest trauma many she has ever dealt with and maybe the largest ever this hosp...

I threw myself down on the pavement. i was lucky. i just got shut shot in the leg. three people were taken to the trauma unit. >> new orleans police are offering a $10,000 reward for information. we are awaiting a news conference from new orleans police on more information into the mothers day shooting. next a chilling cnns exclusive. ariel castros two brothers sit down with cnn an reveal their thoughts on castros alleged house of horrors. how could they not have known. i was in cleveland last...

Of these other three who were taken into custody tonight. two men and a woman for questioning. whether that is related or not remains to be seen. im turning around because we are waiting to see where the suspect ends up and a long night ahead. of course, authorities have said they are sending that row bought in to make sure that there are no unexploded ordnance in there, our sources are saying they are going to go very slowly at that crime scene tonight. for bostonians at least and america suspe...

And i had also lost more than half the blood in my body. >> its probably around 40%, something like that. >> what? >> yeah. he lost a lot of blood. >> 40%? >> yeah. at least. >> in war, this is like bleeding out. >> yes, exactly right. thats the term we would use. hes bleeding out. >> seen here in 1981, dr. joseph gerdanno was head of the trauma unit. he drained the blood flooding reagans lung and replaced it with transfusions. >> had he gone to the white house, im sure 10, 15 minutes would have...

>> blood pressure was so either low or minuscule that i felt he was slipping away from us. >> he was going to die? >> he was going to die. >> you were looking at a president who was dying? >> absolutely. yeah, he was dying. >> they said i was very near going into a state of shock. and i had also lost more than half the blood in my body. >> its probably around 40%, something like that. >> what? >> he lost a lot of blood. >> 40%? >> yeah, at least. >> in war, this is like bleeding out. >> yes, exa...