hospital, st. john's, in the emergency room. >> there was no light. and we had very little flashlights. they were screaming and looking for their loved ones and saying that they couldn't find them. and they wanted someone to help them. >> reporter: more than 100 patients were inside the nine-story hospital. gurneys, wheelchairs, tossed hundreds of yards away. x-rays, medical records dumped two counties away, 60 miles, carried by the tornado. and inside the hospital, there was triage, there was rushing to help, but still, so many died. rod pace, one of the medical flight managers, described holding on to a door trying to keep it shut against the suction as it tore the building apart. >> we were holding the door closed. we were trying to hold the door closed. it felt like the door would move. i have heard people talk about a building and how it breathes when it is on fire. it felt like that building was breathing. that door would move in and out.