could to this triage unit. but the ambulances are also parked right here behind the fire department, it looks like right now they re all just standing by. but those pictures that you saw earlier did show that chopper overhead. it seems like there s the possibility that they re still looking for one of the shooters. that has not been confirmed by police yet. but a lot of parents here, just kind of waiting, standing by, trying to get answers. but we can t see the school from where we are right now, i don t see any ambulances coming from the school s direction. a lot of them just standing by waiting to possibly treat any kids or teacher who is might need them. and liz, the kids there at the school, is anyone coming out to talk to the parents? are the parents getting any information? i can only imagine what is the mood when it comes to the parents? is it orderly or is it more
of course the triage unit that has been set up, area hospitals all receiving victims and as matt said 50,000 capacity when everybody is in the building, but many people at 8:42 a.m. here in new york are at their desk working in their offices and one man was reached by phone and was asked what is happening there and he said we are blanking dying here and there was screaming and yelling and pure chaos understandably going on in the background. there is a picture of lower manhattan, ladies and gentlemen, the most important city in the world in so many ways and now it has been attacked by terrorists at the world trade center, and the damage is beyond our ability to tell you in great detail. i was going to say here is what the president said. he canceled an education appearance in florida. here is what he said just a short time ago. ladies and gentlemen, this is a difficult moment for america. i unfortunately will be going
experien experience. what kind of medical support is there downtown? we are the only hospital south of 13th street so we serve a large portion of the city. for that reason our emergency room is a very high priority of this hospital, and the staff has been doing a heroic job in terms of responding to the patients. what about the triage unit that is on the ground there? are they nyu team of nyu medical people on the scene as well? yes, there are. i cannot respond to that question because i am not on the scene. i don t have that information. you do have medical people, your personnel there at the scene? that is my understanding, yes. katie, what we re worried about is the other building may come down. they have obviously evacuated that whole area as a result of the crash at one world trade center and i am told there is concern about the second collapses as well.
we did not know his able. but we are looking into that and there could be some sort of explosive in his vehicle. the entire area has been sealed off and we understand there are police and f.b.i. officials and gang units called in as a safety measure to investigate all possible angles. we do understand there are still some victims at scene. some victims getting medical attention right there. but, lots of other people have been brought to local hospitals. fortunately there are quite a few excellent hospitals in the area. a triage unit to treat individuals on the scene and they set up a seen there to command and get additional information from witnesses. we are told authorities are questioning as you would imagine, hundreds of witnesses there at command post, asking them what they saw, what they heard, and you mentioned the
authorities, the police chief on the scene now saying they believe there is no evidence leading to a second suspect so they have the one person they believe has been responsible for all of this chaos in aurora, colorado. he is in custody. they are sending his apartment for explosive devices. they believe he had three weapons, two handguns and a rifle. 14 people are dead. including children. 39 people are injured and transported to local health facilities. to be treated for gun shot wounds. up to 50 being reported as injured because there is a try a triage unit on the scene. we are getting information from the aurora chief of police. he said that ten of the victims were actually killed at the site at that movie theater and four others later died either on the way to the hospital or in the