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Violent it is, how loud it is, no, i don't remember any of that at all. i don't remember anything really until the next morning waking up in icu. >> reporter: this was the blast site, payne was trying to retreat and played it 35 yards away behind a fire truck, which apparently shielded him just enough. the truck was left a mangled ruin, somehow robert payne survived. >> when i visited with the guy that rescued me, brad, he filled me in on a few things where i was found and the fact that i was blown out of my boots. my boots were in one place, he described i think about 35 feet away. >> reporte...

Me in on a few things about where i was found and about the fact that i was blown out of my boots. my boots in one place, and i was -- he described about 35 feet away. >> reporter: payne has nerve damage in his right arm, broken ribs, broken facial bones and bone chips in his leg and needs surgery to repair his right eardrum. but he's alive. 12 other first responders weren't so lucky. >> these are some of the fire fight eveers we lost. the mayor took us to the fire station. two new donated fire trucks and west firefighters just resumed handling calls again this past week. it has to be hard for...

Weeks later all the more remarkable. do you remember the explosion? >> don't remember it at all. no. watched it in video and you see how violent it is and how loud it is. no, i don't remember any of that at all. i don't really remember anything until the next morning. waking up in icu. >> reporter: this was the blast site. payne was trying to retreat and made it about 35 yards away behind a fire truck which apparently shielded him just enough. the truck was left a mangled ruin. somehow robert payne survived. >> when i visited with the guy that rescued me, brad, he filled me in on a few things ...

Fact that i was blown out of my boots. my boots were in one place, and i was, he described i think about as 35 feet away. >> reporter: payne has nerve damage in his right arm, broken ribs, broken facial bones and bone chips in his leg. and he needs surgery to repair his right eardrum. but he's alive. 12 other first responders weren't so lucky. >> those are some of the firefighters that we lost. >> reporter: west's mayor took us to the fire station. the names of the firefighters who died are still on the lockers. there are two new donated fire trucks, and west firefighters just resumed handling...

>> you're next. >> when i walked in, a guy looked up and he goes, oh, who's next, willie? mika was there. you need to take your wife there. >> you'll love it up there. let's get to the news. we'll start with the latest on the condition of congresswoman gabrielle giffords. now, doctors say they have removed several bone chips from her eye socket as she continues to recover from a gunshot wound to the head. medical staff are still watching to see whether giffords' speech will return. she is currently unable to vocalize sounds because of a tracheotomy tube. she could be released from the hospit...