nearly five years of civil war has made syria one of the most dangerous places to live. amid the tragedy, there is heroism. the white helmets who serve as first responders. cnn s dr. sanjay gupta has this exclusive. you re watching an extraordinary rescue in aleppo syria. for 12 hours these men have been digging and drilling. and they re about to save the life of a 2 week old baby. the baby saviors only known by what they wear. they are the cavalry. the white helmets.
we re with the white helmets. they ve just gotten a call. we wanted to see exactly what they do. this is all part of an intense training to become even better even faster. all the sudden this area filled with smoke. there is concern that there may be another bomb or another attack coming so they ve asked for all the lights to be turned off. they don t want to be a target themselves but you can see just how challenging that makes their job. the concern is that. the white helmets tell us this video is of a barrel bomb being hurtled from a chopper by the syrian government. as you see, they can be wildly inaccurate. as you hear they re incredibly vicious. a barrel bomb dropping on your house is like a 7.6-magnitude earthquake 50 times a day. these bombs are so malignant, full of explosives rebar, wire
they have all chosen to risk their lives to save others and that makes every single one of them a hero. james is the architect of the organization. in syria there is no 911 system. there is nobody that you can call. you can t pick up a phone and call a fire service. you can t call a local police department. they don t exist. so this group of ordinary syrian men and a few women have organized themselves to fill that void. this man was once a blacksmith. this man a detective. he s supposed to get married next week for the time being they ve left their previous jobs their previous lives and now volunteer to run toward when everyone else is running from.
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control around the ancient city of palmyra. isis now controls more than half of syria. and it s captured territory in the nation s provinces. this is adding to criticism the white house is not doing enough. a top obama critic says it s time to put boots on the ground. additional troops. how many? i would say 10,000. but they got to be on the ground. 10,000 troops on the ground. is it a good idea? let s ask that of retired brigadier general who served as deputy director for coalition forces in iraq and u.s. military spokesman during the initial iraq invasion. welcome, sir. hi. do you agree with senator mccain?