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Thank you. good afternoon. i'm dr. jack sava, the director of trauma at medstar washington hospital center. i'm here to give you an update on the two patients that we cared for after the shooting in alexandria, virginia, on june 14th. special agent crystal griner of the united states capitol police sustained an ankle gunshot wound. she remains in the hospital. she's in good condition and she's in good spirits. congressman scalise sustained a single rifle wound that entered in the area of the left hip. it traveled directly across towards the other hip in what we call a trans pelvic gunshot wo...

Thank you. >> good afternoon. i'm dr. jack sava, the director of trauma at med star washington hospital center. i'm here to give you an update on the two patients that we cared for after the shooting in alexandria, virginia, on june 14th. special agent crystal griner of the united states capitol police sustained an ankle gunshot wound. she remains in the hospital. she's in good condition and she's in good spirits. congressman scalise sustained a single rifle wound that entered in the area of the left hip. it traveled directly across towards the other hip in what we call a trans-pelvic gunshot ...

Two things, in some cases he won't be able to answer all of the questions to try to protect our patient's privacy as much as possible but we're going to share additional information with you. he also has another meeting to go to right after this so our residents are graduating this evening so he's heading to that. so we are trying to keep this somewhat tight. we do have a printed copy after this briefing is over, a printed copy of his remarks so you'll have that for your records. before dr. sava joins us, though, i'd like to introduce brett horton who is chief of staff for congressman steve sc...

To go get prepared. who would have thought that god would have put brad out there on the field with me because the tourniquet he applied, many will tell you, saved my life so that i could actually make it to the hospital in time with all the blood loss. brad, where are you at? right down front. right down front. [ applause ] >> i'm glad. >> thank you. [ applause ] [ applause ] >> once i arrived at medstar hospital, i was a little bit out of it at that point. but luckily i ended up in the trusted hands of dr. jack sava and his great team over at

>> and steve, i know you're watching, so let me say we're inspired and really by your recovery. it's an answer to prayer. and we're especially honored to be joined today by your remarkable and courageous wife, jennifer. jennifer, i know i speak for the president when i say that you and the kids will remain in our prayers until steve is back to work. jennifer also wanted me to recognize two medical professionals who cared for congressman scalise from the very moment he arrived at the hospital and tended to the others who were wounded that day. trauma surgeon jack sava and dr. robert golden of m...