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That can be easily corrected. but the unconscious forms of stress are things that affect people in the second or third day. and we have debriefing teams going through the hospital. offering services to the staff. >> weve also been hearing more stories of heroism, for instance, the story of three off-duty firefighters who attended the concert as friends. they were enjoying themselves, and then they heard the gunfire starting to ring out when they realized what was happening, they looked at each o...

That can be easily corrected. but the unconscious forms of stress are things that affect people in the second or third day. and we have debriefing teams going through the hospital. offering services to the staff. >> weve also been hearing more stories of heroism, for instance, the story of three off-duty firefighters who attended the concert as friends. they were enjoying themselves, and then they heard the gunfire starting to ring out when they realized what was happening, they looked at each o...

Before conference we were talking to officer that was inside for a birthday and he said on air, pronounced about 20 people dade. right behind me is where the triage unit was located, now it is the crime scene where theyve actually, bringing some of the bodies out and theyll bring them out in balances and take them away as they clear each area, i should say, as this is taking place, guys, right behind location which i cannot show you, straight ahead is the hooters hotel and also whats the one nex...

He was at that point certainly in control, trying to be in control of the train. >> joy, youre at the hospital there which is one of the trauma centers that was flooded last night. how did the hospitals there divide this massive number of people who were coming their way? who was directing the ambulance traffic? >> absolutely. there were triage unit at the crash site that directed patients to each of five area hospitals, including temple area hospitals, which is a level one trauma unit. so they ...

Department, theyre going to be the lead in this. they are extremely good. ive worked with them in the past. you also have maryland state police there at the scene and also fire and ems. ive been listening to the scanner traffic. and there are units that are clearing the hospital and then going back to a staging area just in case there should be any other injured folks that they should come upon. they also have created a triage area there at the mall to put people from the lowest injuries all the...

The terminal. since then, they have been working to see if there are more g gunmen. they have a triage unit set up. a huge scene of law enforcement presence all over the outside of lax. authorities tell us there were no more shooters. they have searched cars in parking lots and they have no reason to believe that everyone else is involved. he has reported for us that this gunman was in some way involved with the tsa itself. that he is a current or former tsa employee at some kind. but i can tell...

That is why we see the helicopter making sure nobody else needed to be evacuated make sure no other victims now. the police department and the fire department set up a triage unit at the national and the washington nationals stadium about a half-mile away and started taking victims there. the most severe victims are over at gw hospital, which makes a lot of sense because they are set up to handle mass casualties. they took other victims over to the hospital center and a couple of victims over to...

>> we are the only hospital south of 13th street in new york city. so we serve a very large proportion of the city. for the reason our emergency room is a very high priority of this hospital. the staff have been doing a heroic job in terms of responding to the patients. >> kathleen what about the triage unit that is on the ground there are they nyu -- a team of nyu medical people on the scene as well? >> yes, there are. i cannot respond to that question because i am not on the scene and i dont h...

>> you know, this can be dangerous, what you do. how do you know when to leave and take cover? >> well, we position ourselves in an area where we know the tornado is not directly heading for. we got ourselves in a position where we could be less than a mile away. we were flagging people that were driving out near the funnel. we were trying to get them out of harms way. but we have the equipment to do so and do so safely. >> after the storm, you helped with the search and recovery. tell us what y...

Like that. we would certainly view it from a far distance. then do what we could to help, you know, in the aftermath. when you deal with tornadoes this large, its -- like i said, its just incredible devastation. >> what were you able to do to help people yesterday? >> well, we were in a 15-passenger van and came down here to the movie theater which is just down here. and they had a triage unit set up. we asked if we could help with anything. we actually transported some people out of there that ...