can be done with this violence. one doctor said they deal with it on an every day basis, but what happened over the weekend was unusual in terms of the type of weapon that was used, the number of people killed and the wounds reverberating through the community. we hear from the nurse who was a part of the emergency team that worked with the victims. listen to what she said about how even health professionals who deal with trauma on a daily basis, they too are affected. take a listen. it s just really hard to comfort them, and it really takes a toll on my colleagues and to go through this, like dr. caspin said, very frequently, just doesn t get any easier. doesn t get easy for anyone, and in fact, they talked about how these families now not only dealing with their grief, but trying to figure out how do they buried their loved ones when this is something they were not expecting at all. lindsey. rehema ellis, thank you. let s go to the white house, where nbc s mike memo
they are all being treated for nonlife threatening injuries. while in florida, some scary scenes mere, not far from where i m standing in surf side, which is the miami area, there was a hammer head shark sitting off the coastline, additionally in navar beach, the pensacola area, there was a dorsal fin bobbing up and down, as people were screaming get out on to shore. no one was injured in that situation either. but there are some tips that experts want you to know. you should be swimming in clear water so the shark sees you and doesn t confuse you for food or bait. make sure you re not wearing shiny jewelry, and no excessive splashing in the water. stay safe as shark sightings anecdotically feel like they re up. sam brock, thank you. the white house press briefing is underway. karine jean-pierre was asked about a small bag of cocaine, let s listen. can you give any more details
reporter: it made landfall near navar beach, causing widespread flooding throughout the area. this is highway 98 that goes along the coast in the florida panhandle. and what s going on here is that the ocean, the gulf of mexico is breaching the road. reporter: three people died in the aftermath of the storm. this is very, very similar now. i was telling you to hurricane opal in 95. opal made it up to 155 mile an hour winds. reporter: hurricane opal hit the panhandle ten years before dennis, making landfall just east of pensacola. the deadly storm hit land as a category 3 with 144 mile per hour winds. more than 100 miles of florida s gulf coast virtually destroyed from the winds and rain. there were at least nine fatalities blamed on the storm. in 2004, the year before dennis, four major storms struck