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Many other first responders did everything they could. more than a week later, they struggle with their emotions. officer tim burtons, believed to be the first coral springs officer on scene. >> immediately, i grab my rifle and start running. >> reporter: an unarmed school security guard told him where the suspect was. burton charge on alone. heading for the building. >> i thought i was going to encounter the shooter as soon as i made the left-hand turn into the parking lot. if he was trying to escape or get away. >> reporter: burton found only silence. the first coral springs officer to arriv...

The third one, there was just dead bodies. >> beyond the bloodshed she found that heroes were all around her. >> there was so many people, normal citizens, doctors, cops pb paramedics, offduty everyone was communicating and working together. it was completely horrible, but it was absolutely amazing to see the people come together. >> mike kronk was another of those. >> most people started climbing the fence but i had to stay with my buddy. we got him over the fence once the fire stopped and slid him under the stage so we were safe. my first thoughts were for my buddy, i want today make sure he...

Fire department, did you ever see anything like the jerious saw last night? >> no, never. not in all the earthquakes, nothing like this. nothing. you always resort back to your training. and our training is to triage and do the most care for the most amount of people. and that's what we did. we went in. i think we actually pulled six people back to cover and stopped their bleeding. and then basically, after that, it was -- there was a lot of people helping. a lot of military and a lot of pd guys were out there pulli in a lot of offduty. care went quick. i know there was two lafd, off-duty lafd...

Calls into the office from people around the country looking to find out where their folks are, were they hurt or in the hospital, were they killed. we're trying to pass that information on to the appropriate place. couple of immigration calls that we're trying to help with as well. i would point out in addition to the services that have already been mentioned, thomas & mack opened up as a temporary refuge for people who were put out of their hotel rooms. the clark county school district has offered its counselors to the public if they are needed. we were contacted by airbnb, they are also off...

Flight that just took off out of here. perhaps starting to see things get back to normal now the situation is under control here. looking back as we peer back to the left. see sort of this crime scene. route 91 harvest festival. very popular country music festival. people come from all over to attend this. i've been hearing from one or two friends who came into town to attend the festival. they're doing okay. heard from baker'sville police department. they're located five hours from here. police department put out a news relief some of the officers offduty was here. one officer was shot. injur...