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Basically, when you this type of situation, you really must be able to delineate who is the most injured and who has life threatening injuries. that's where the front lines come in. down in new orleans we've had lots of mass casualties from hurricane katrina to lots of other things that we've had to prepare for. and hospitals like university medical center in las vegas, they are level 1, which means that they do these types of trains to make sure that they are astute in the practice of mass casualty triage. i know several of the doctors that are actually practicing there now and have spoken to...

In the family, but they knew someone. so many layers of injury and hurt going on here. remember, it is not over. many still in the hospital. they face critical injuries. like the loss of their limbs. pictures that we saw that we are not showing you, really speak so loudly that this could have been worse. poppy harlow at one of the hospitals, continuing team coverage at brigham & women's hospital right now. poppy, what do we know about the current status of people still in the hospital, what needs to be done? >> good morning, chris. i'm so glad you brought up the point that this is really just ...

Tissue injuries. they have to be approached in a step-wise fashion. >> so the key of what you just heard from that trauma surgeon is some of these patients are going to have to go repeat surgeries. this is only the beginning of the trauma for them and what they're going to have to go through to get through this. you know, that trauma surgeon also said when asked how he's getting through, he said it's just depressing. we treat accidents all the time. but the fact it was intentional is just depressing. >> you know, it's depressing and also infuriating, frankly, poppy. you say there are kids as y...