all right. i don t think i need to do any questions or comments other than that right now. i just wanted to update you all on what s going on and then we will give you more information as we have it, okay. all right. already. thank you all very much we ll be back. i hear you. okay. that was russell tippen, the ceo of medical center health systems there and he was just briefing us on the number of injured who they were treating at the hospital there, 14 people who they were treating at the hospital. he didn t provide ages or describe injuries for us. but he wanted to assure everybody there on scene that the families have been, you know, offered assistance with social workers and counseling to help them get through this traumatic time. and he really wanted to pass along the message it s a time to hold loved ones tight and he said plays please play pray for the tount and community and what people are going through. the hospital remains on lockdown for safety purposes. joining us t
everybody and get on top of this situation. let me sbrus myself first. i m russell tippen, the ceo of medical center health systems. . i m joined by matt, our chief operations officer. we have charisse, an r.n. and then our mechanicing guy here lucas. so we re just what i m going to do here briefly is give some facts some quick information. i know everybody is wanting to know what the status and everything is. but we just come to come out brief. after this is over we ll go back and get more details. get our heads wrapped around this and inform the media when we re coming out again with more information, okay. first of all let me start with this. anybody that hears the sound of my voice you need to grasp on to your loved ones and hold them and pray for this town and all the towns and families and the victims involved. you need to hold on to them because this is a scary incident and nobody is guaranteed