Pediatrician on Uvalde Shooting Aftermath: “I’ll Never Forget What I Saw”

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 9 June 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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A number of witnesses testified in front of a House committee, giving first-hand descriptions of the horrific reality of gun violence and called for action on gun reform. Dr. Roy Guerrero, a pediatrician in Uvalde, Texas, “raced” to the hospital on the day of the shooting and said he will “never forget what I saw.” Dr. Guerrero joins AC360 to discuss what he wants to see happen when it comes to gun laws and regulations. Plus, former DC Police Officer Michael Fanone was brutally attacked by rioters on January 6 outside the Capitol and suffered a traumatic brain injury and later, a heart attack. He tells AC360 what he hopes to hear during the first public committee hearing being held in prime-time tomorrow night. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	A fourth grader talks about watching her friends and teachers murdered.
0:05.4	A mother describes the shrapnel, it will be in her son's body for life.
0:09.5	A doctor recounts the kinds of wounds once seen only on battlefields, but are now inflicted
0:13.8	in movie theaters, synagogues, supermarkets, and most recently, fourth grade classrooms.
0:19.6	John Burman here in Feranderson.
0:21.6	Today members of the House Oversight Committee heard from people whose lives were touched
0:24.8	and changed forever by the mass shootings in Buffalo, in Yvalde.
0:28.9	Her testimony came with lawmakers in both chambers debating gun legislation, but before
0:33.3	getting to where it all stands tonight, I want you to hear from these witnesses, starting
0:37.2	with Mia Sorrio, 11 years old, talking about the moment the gunman came into her fourth
0:42.2	grade classroom at Rob Elementary School, and her teacher tried her best to keep everyone
0:46.8	safe.
0:47.8	We do want to warn you that it's graphic and difficult to hear, but it's important
0:51.6	to hear it unfiltered.
0:53.4	As no matter where you stand on the issue of guns, this shouldn't be happening.
1:23.4	He went to the other classroom and then he went to the other classroom.
1:37.4	There's a door between our classrooms and he went to there and shot my teacher and
1:45.4	told me, she'd drink a night and shot her in the head.
1:49.4	And then he shot some of my classmates and the white boys.
1:56.4	When I went to the barracks, he shot my friend that was left with me and I thought he
2:05.4	was going to come back to the room, try to go to the blood and put it all on me.
2:13.4	Do you feel safe at school?
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