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>> reporter: the chief of surgery at columbia university warning in a memo to staff the hospital is burning through 40,000 masks every day. on a normal day, they use 4,000. cornelia griggs is a pediatric surgeon at that hospital and a mother of two. >> we're running into potentially crisis situations, having to make the split-second decision. am i going to run into this room to save this patient, or am i going to take the time to scramble and find a mask? >> reporter: governors calling on the federal government to push manufacturers to make needed supplies, something the president said days ag...

About what he had to do. and we're learning more about the gunman who did not survive the attack. abc's marcus moore is on the scene. >> reporter: tonight, six seconds of terror capturing the moments lives were shattered and dozens more saved. jack wilson, seen here firing a single shot, killing the gunman before he could harm anyone else. >> i don't feel like i'm a hero. i was doing what i needed to do to protect the people of the congregation. and i, you know, in the same scenario, i would do it again. >> reporter: the split-second decision stopping an attack that erupted in the middle of su...

Integrity should not approach holy communion that implies you are in line. if you are not. integrity better not approach holy communion. that's always preferable than making a split second decision of denying somebody. brian: have you ever done that. >> i never have. i have never had what you might call the opportunity or said should i give him or her holy communion. it's never come up. sure could. brian: even in new york city with all the celebrities pro-choice or against -- you never looked at them and said kno i know what you just said on cbs the other day. >> i often see at saint patrick's...

It was an expression of profound grace and self care. >> danny, from a legal perspective there has been a lot of mixed reactions to the sentence, does ten years surprise you? >> they have a sentencing scheme that gives five to 99 years. plus with this defendant, you look at the traditional factors, she doesn't have a criminal history. this was a split second decision that was a bad decision and the jury decided it was murder, but when it came time to sentence, they decided for whatever reason she is not in the category of definites that deserves 99

Of linemen in training ran to find all ten people onboard walking out of that plane. >> they were pretty shook up at that point. kudos to the pilot for getting everybody off the plane. >> reporter: of those onboard, two pilots and the ceo and team members of a fortune 500 company, all now safe at home. >> i'm amazed that somebody got out of it alive. it was fully engulfed in flames and just pure black smoke. >> reporter: so, the big question is, why did the pilot abort his takeoff? the ntsb crews are working behind us right now, flying drones over the crash site, investigating why he made that...