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>> reporter: the death toll nearing 200 while police continue to search for the nearly 300 still unaccounted for, the devastation of the trauma setting in. >> they wanted to help him, but couldn't. he was calling help, help, i can't swim. >> reporter: there was little neighbors could do in the face of the surging water but doing as much as they can now to help each other rebuild. >> thanks to meghan fitzgerald for that report. joining us now with a look at axios a.m. congressional reporter elena treen. great to see you. what is axios' one big thing for this morning? >> good morning, jonathan...

Years as i have, i will tell you, the memories that i have during wartime, when we're actually taking care of our own troops and you see those brave soldiers out there, the emotional relationship you have with them are quite unique. >> i can only imagine. in addition to the great work that you do day to day, you've also pioneered a new technology that involves cooling the body down and sort of bringing it back to work on it. tell us about that. >> we can do that in a controlled setting, such as heart surgery and neurosurgery. but we found a way we can actually cool the brain and heart down so ...

Depends on their personality. i think what's important for our patients is to make sure that there's support staff around. whether that's family or whether that-- >> all right, we're listening to general surgeon and trauma surgeon dr. bob snyder who talked about the chaos initially at the emergency room at the medical center. right now, there are seven patients in-house, several critical. there are two critical, but stable. gunshot wounds primarily the injuries they've treated at this hospital, but trauma setting in now emotionally. the families are by the sides of the patients there. more com...