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Tuesdays quake. 245 others died, 1900 injured. Chris martinez reports. Reporter the youngest victim so far, just 3 months old. And the fear is, there could be more victims here. Dozens of victims in what used to be an office building, this pile of rubble is one of many for rescuers right now to search for survivors. A rescuer shimmies into a crawl space at a collapsed Elementary School in mexico city. Then with raised fists other rescuers ask for silence to listen for signs of life under the rubble. They are trying to reach a little girl who has been talking with them and wiggling her fingers. [ speaking spanish ] reporter this rescuer told a reporter, thermal cameras indicate several other children are also inside. Dramatic video from tuesday shows two students being pulled to safety through cracks in the debris. The 7. 1 quake killed more than 2 dozen people at the school, most of them children. More than 50 survivors have been pulled to safety throughout the region. But its a race a
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] we are live on capitol hill this morning for a discussion on concussions in youth sports. Parents and medical experts will be testifying this morning before the house energy and commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations. Talking about Research Efforts and whats being done to protect Young Athletes from injury. This is live coverage on cspan2. It should start in just a moment or two. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations] tight schedule on tights. Were here on committees ongoing examination of concussions. This hearing follows initial roundtable we had in march where we had constructive dialogue with leading experts in the field how to challenge concussions. Todays hearing focus on youth sports, specifically areas of prevention and research. While there is always particularly sports at young age shown to have many benefits. Benefits of youth sports participation, better health, increased activity, improved aca
Hearing. We are here to continue the ongoing examination of concussions. His hearing follows an initial roundtable we had in march. We had a constructive dialogue with leading people on the field. While there is always some risk in injury, participating in sports at a young age is showed that many benefits. The benefits include better health, and proved academic achievements, physical skill building, to name a few. The Number One Health risk of risk is increasing child obesity. That leads to an adult risk for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and other problems. They want children to pay careful attention to nutrition and remain active. Participatehildren in organized sports each year and despite this being the largest population of athletes, this group is one of the most underserved when it comes to Research Related to head injuries, which brings us to our task for today. We want to examine what is being done today to reduce the amount of head injuries to Young Athletes, how are the p