and they helped me get him to a chair to wheel him to the stairs. we put him in the emergency evacuation chair and i was talking to him and praying the whole entire time. >> reporter: what were you saying to him? >> i prayed that god would protect him and that we need him here, and that his friends loved him. >> reporter: laverne, a former navy medical specialist, says at that point pandit's pulse was still strong but there was another problem trying to get her friend, who had the nickname keesan, out of the building. did you know where the shooter was at this time? >> no. and i really didn't care. we had to get keesan out. that was an important thing. >> reporter: as they were descending the stairs they heard over a guard's radio that the shooter was right in the direction they were heading. she says they managed to sneak out a side door, got pandit to a