and as we got on the ramp outside our hanger we could hear over the p.a. system at the navy yard the instruction to shelter in place. a mass casualty situation, active shooter and there were officers down. so we knew right away we were going to be oversaturated with tasks. we don t have a firm count yet on how many injured. a report came in the suspect was now on the roof with a rifle. when we popped up over the roof instead of finding a suspect what we saw was one of our officers with a rifle with four civilians. one was a navy captain. two navy civilians and a woman who was lying down and covered with blood. we hoisted her up to the door. she d been shot at close range. lost a tremendous amount of blood, was severely wounded. in the midst of all this she was trying to yell to our crew to look out of the shooter. our job is clearly to get people out of bad places. that is what we do. you are never sure what is going
stands. mike draper, a spokesman for the air races told the associated press that the pilot, jimmy lee ward, he was piloting a p-51 mustang that crashed into the box seat area at the front of the grandstand. this happening about 4:30 p.m. local time on the west coast. he said he did not have any information of the number of people injured at the time but now we know it looks like 75 people have been injured. 25 critically. just some background on othe national championship air races, it does draw thousands of people every year this time of the year in september to watch various military and civilian planes race. now, it wasn t immediately known. it s not immediately known at this point if there are any deaths associated with this crash. but it is being called a mass casualty situation. a local television station there, krnv aired videotape of the scene that showed at least four people being carried away on stretchers to ambulances. that was early on though. there could be many more peo
captured on video. the camera picks up other planes racing by the stands at low altitude and then one aircraft plunges into the ground near the end of the stands. organize ergz of the reno air race called it a mass casualty situation as the aircraft showered debris on the crowd. everybody started saying, uh-oh, and he went down, down, down, down, straight down. exploded. we saw everything. the plane just splattered. reporter: in the chaotic aftermath of the crash, emergency responders summoned every ambulance they could to rush the injured to hospitals. the plane in question, a restored world war ii vintage p-51 mustang known as the galloping ghost. it s unknown at this time the cause. every pilot understands the risks. they are perhaps the best pilots in the world. reporter: long-time air racer jimmy leeward, 70 years old n an
instead of ten. please are calling it a horrific horrific case of human trafficking. survivors are saying there from mexico and at one point there are more than 100 people inside. law-enforcement learned about the trailer after a man who was inside begged a walmart employee for water. that employee helped and then call for a welfare check. that led to the discovery. the chief of police calling it a mass casualty situation in 100-degree heat. the trailer to not have a working air-conditioner. thirty survivors were rushed to the hospital. many were vomiting and suffering from heatstroke. somewhat permanent brain damage. most were men in their 20s and 30s. there were also 215 -year-olds as well. we utilize at least seven area hospitals to transport these people out. paramedics and firefighters found that each had heart rates over 130 which again their very
two of the people pulled from that tractor trailer have died in the hospital, we re told. the other 28 have survived. they were pulled from the truck and are still in the hospital. some of them, though in grave condition at this hour. will carr has more on this horrific story. hi, will. reporter: eric, authorities are saying the inside of that trailer was a scorching oven over 150 degrees and if they had found it 24 hours later, everybody would be dead. law enforcement learned about the botched smuggling attempt after a man who was in the trailer begged a wal-mart employee for water. that employee helped and then called police. that led to the terrifying discovery the chief of police in san antonio calling it a mass casualty situation in 100 degree heat. the trailer did not have a working air conditioner. eight people were found dead inside. another died at the hospital. dozens of survivors were vomiting, suffering from heatstroke and some will have permanent brain damage, according to