i want to go to alexandra field, standing by live at nyu langone hospital where many people were transported who were hurt. good morning. it is truly extraordinary, john, that none of the injuries are considered life threatening, but the trauma and the wounds are real and they will stay with the victims who are on board that train. among them, five children between the ages of 12 to 18, according to new york state s governor kathy hochul who visited with some of them in the hospital. in all, 33 shots fired in the train cabin, ten people struck by bullets, seven male, three female. we re hearing from witnesses who were on board that something fell to the ground, the cabin quickly filled with smoke, people started to run to one side of the train. that s when they heard a popping noise that many people thought was fire crackers going off. through the shock and the literal fog, they say they started to hear people screaming and crying for help. noticed the blood seeping into the ground,
i m john berman live in brooklyn. intense manhunt under way for the gunman who opened fire inside a subway car. it happened right behind me. police are looking for this man, frank james. they are calling him a person of interest. if you have any information call 1-800-577-tips. they re looking for him because they found identification for him in a u-haul key at the location of the shooting. joining me now is the former director of intelligence analysis for the new york police department mitch silver. a former secret service agent. mitch, i want to start with you. as i watch the straoelts get more crowded, how much of a risk is it there is a guy out there on the loose who opened fire on a subway? it s a real risk, john. we have students going to school.
and as we know, right now, there is a window of opportunity for nato and allied nations to provide the real kind of heavy weaponry and this is what the president is asking for, president zelenskyy, to ukraine, to be able to fend off the latest russian invasion plans of the east. brianna? fascinating interview, christiane, thank you so much for sharing that with us. john? the breaking news out of brooklyn where i am, there is this intense manhunt under way. not just here in new york city, not just in brooklyn, across the nation for whoever opened fire in the subway, the station right behind me. ten people hit, 33 shots fired, whoever did it is still on the loose this morning. police have named a person of interest in this case. we ll have an update on the search and the investigation. cnn s special live coverage continues right after this. better hearing leads to a better life. and that better life. .starts at miracle-ear.
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when the train finally arrived at the station, passengers say they scrambled to get off and to help the wounded taking off jackets, tearing up grocery bags to try to staunch some of that bleeding before emergency responders arrived. john, while so many people are beginning the healing process this morning, they do it without the peace of knowing where the shooter is. that s right. people getting on the subway, even right here behind me where the shooting took place with whoever did this still on the loose. alexandra field, thank you so much. we re getting new details this morning about the sole person of interest in this case. what is being done to track him down as the investigation continues. brianna? ukraine s first lady speaking exclusively to cnn s christiane amanpour about the last time she saw her husband, president volodymyr zelenskyy in person and how she feels about being