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I was like, can i help out with this? she was like, yeah, sure. i knew that was the career i wanted to go to. actually my goal right now that i have set for myself is open my own restaurant by age 25, call it the pleasure palate. >> over in little italy, they get ready at cook county's trauma unit. >> i was helping out some guy getting beat up and i got stab. pain just hit me. other than that, i don't feel no pain anymore. >> he got you pretty good, huh? >> yeah. >> we're going to get this sewn up. >> can i make one call? >> yeah. this ain't jail. you get more than one phone call. >> dr. denni...

Dramatic. we see people who have been shot in the head. we see people where bullets have torn into their bodies or into their limbs. these are dramatic. these are very terrible injuries, i'll tell you, many of our military colleagues that we work with and have a good relationship with, many of them keep their skills up to date by doing non-combat trauma by working with us in our trauma unit. that tells us the level of injuries that we see. >> and in terms of the injured today, at least 12, maybe 13 more people were injured than those who so tragically lost their lives, how many have you been t...

What is the current state of their condition? >> i would be happy to tell you. so there were three individuals who required transport to our trauma unit. one was a d.c. police officer. he was shot in both of his legs, sort of right across his knees. he has been in surgery and already out. he is doing very well. had a chance to talk to him after his surgery. he will tell you he is in good spirits. he has a recovery period ahead of him but i expect him to fully recover. we had another woman who was shot in the shoulder. she is either just finishing up surgery or should be out of surgery just abo...

>> well, what i will tell you is that the injuries that we see in our emergency room are very dramatic. we see people who have been shot in the head. we see people where bullets have torn into their bodies or into their limbs. these are dramatic. these are very terrible injuries, i'll tell you, many of our military colleagues that we work with and have a good relationship with, many of them keep their skills up to date by doing non-combat trauma by working with us in our trauma unit. that tells us the level of injuries that we see. >> and in terms of the injured today, at least 12, maybe 13 mo...

We're now going to go to janice orlowski, the coo at the hospital in washington. janice, i watched a very powerful moment where you i guess, expressed your fury and distress about having to deal with these mass shootings. tell me, what prompted you to react like that and expand on what you said. >> well, you know, piers, i am a doctor. i work every day and deal with facts and figures and people and persons. and at some point at the end of the news conference, someone you know, sort of threw out a question regarding what is it like to deal with people at a trauma center? and i have to say, i ha...