husband. i called her after and asked her how she was doing it you gave me personal accounts of seen bodies, having blood on herself, and taking people, couples and your hotel for safe haven. it was very personal for me because i had a dear friend there. taking care of individuals on a day-to-day basis as a nurse, i almost wanted to teleport myself to help people because i know in mass devastation like that, it is very difficult to think clearly and do you think, what do i need to do to save someone s life? that is how first responders are trained. airways, breathing, circulation, disability. getting in there, triaging, getting people to a higher level of care. trace: alice benjamin, we wish you could have teleported here because we could have used you. thank you so much for joining us. it s great insight. great to talk to you. thank you. trace: thank you all for joining us for our live coverage of the deadliest mass shooting in modern u.s. history. just think about this for a fe
lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. he went on to try to comfort people. he will travel to las vegas this wednesday. a trace, one can only guess with the president will be doing, offering more consolation and trying to bring healing to america. trace: sure, kelly. we go back to columbine, we first arrived there so many years ago and the first debate that gabe was the gun debate and it still goes on. it is not going to change. this is the way that we had all these issues. there is morning and then there is debate about what went wrong and how we change these things. kelly wright come alive in new york. thank you so much. tens of thousands of people were at the route 90 music festival when the shooting began, among men, people of every walk of life. our next guest is colin donahue, an army reservist who just returned from iraq, only to find himself back under deadly fire
trace: my last question, colin. i know you are a las vegas guy, and i said earlier how i worked here for some years and i have great friends here and i think the world of the city. do you think that this city, like boston, like so many others, will come back stronger? we are going to have to. i think that without a doubt we will come back stronger. there is no reason not to, there is no reason. if you live in fear, you re not going to live. there is no reason to not come back stronger. in my opinion. trace: colin donohue, great talking to you, pleasure, my friend, thank you. thank you for having me on, sir. trace: a nation and shock, the deadliest mass shooting in modern american history leaves at least 59 people dead, people in nevada and across the country are now trying to make sense of a senseless act of violence. i don t know if i have words to describe what we are going through and what these poor,