the people that we admitted to the hospital have at least one spinal fracture. not all of them are paralyzed, but some of them are. >> spinal cord injuries, not surprising, given that this is what the cabin looked like after the crash. imagine how passengers must have been tossed around. >> i tried to hold on to, you know, whatever i could. as soon as i grabbed anything that i could hold on to, it was like, you know, bang. and the impact was so powerful. >> dr. donald leslie shows us what some of the injuries would look like, such as a compression fracture. >> this body is rectangular. and this is normal. if it is compressed or fractured, then this will be smaller. >> and burst vertebra. >> normal. normal. injured. injured. >> does this piece actually burst? >> that piece actually burst into several segments.