. >> the situation with the medevac is becoming critical.e need a medevac as soon as possible. >> specialist lindskog, if he didn't receive treatment, he wasn't going to make it. >> i need that medevac now. >> they were cut off. they had three casualties. no way of moving those casualties. up to us. >> hey, wait. wait. we're going to move town to that. around these rocks, all right? >> reporter: mott's men tried to get through the taliban's kill zone to reach their buddies. their friends were bleeding to death but more men would die if they pressed further. >> it's like i was telling him for how long long it was, it felt like an hour and a half, it was probably 45 minutes, i don't know. but telling him, hey, the bird's coming, the bird's coming, just hang in there, the bird's coming. >> one gunshot wound to the neck and one gunshot wound to the leg. >> next thing we see is this big cross coming on a blackhawk. we're like, what are they doing here? pull in. turn sideways. and ding ding ding ding ding, just get lit up. >> the birds came in. mu

. >> and medevac flights can mean the difference between life or death.ut there are medevac cases for a woman who spilled hot water on her case and a child who slipped in the shower. >> and teens and plastic surgery. what if your kid wanted to fix a cosmetic flaw so that he or she would stop getting picked on or bullied at school? ahead, a girl and her mother speak out about a controversial choice they are considering. >> let's begin with more on the long road to recovery in joplin, missouri, following sunday's deadly and devastating tornado. al, good morning once again. >> good morning. at least it's a sunny day this morning. rescue workers, volunteers get a break before the next round of storms come in. it's bn a tough month for missouri. first you had the flooding along the mississippi. then you had the tornado in st. louis. now this. joining me, the governor of missouri jay nixon. thanks for joining us. how have the folks of joplin, missouri, been coping? >> this is the deadliest action like this we have seen. we are trying to find more survivors. 17

. >> reporter: the medevac version of the blackhawk has night vision. it is training and experience that accomplish the result. >> i think as a soldier, there is a sense of pride. >> reporter: one of the blackhawks did crash and it was destroyed by special forces. ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a redwood t-shirt company says osama bin laden has become big business. a company spokesman says sales i social barometer and right now demand is high for shirts with patriotic teams and those supporting seal team six. we have more coverage on our websites. click the tab on our homepage at ktvu.com. >>> we are expecting a reunion to take place tonight between a lost dog and a family who thought they would never see him again. this 11-year-old who was found running loose in east oakland. this dog did have a lucky thing, and identification microchip. we are told that the owners are on the way to oakland to pick them up right now. >>> one man went to great lengths for 10 years following the 9/11 attacks. coming up, but now he broke following the death of os

medevac this gentleman to shock trauma. his condition is not known.altimore county police are assisting in the investigation and they have called the maryland occupational safety and health. back to you on tv hill. >> thank you very much captain mike perry. >>> it's a warm breezy sunny spring day. bob has the first warning weather forecast >>> out to the west of us right now moving pretty much from southwest to northeast in to pennsylvania. they're not going to effect the baltimore region not right now. cumberland just had one. pumpkin center fin stone right on you. storms are creating some gusty winds and even some small hail. little further west more rain around grantsville an accident out in garrett county. locally it's quiet. that's probably going to change later this eveningful that stuff out to the west extending even further west there's a lot more. show you that in just a minute. temperatures around the area right now 81 degrees. dew point is at 60. it's been coming up there humidity 48%. winds south-southwest 16. the barometer has been fallin

this battered medevac helicopter lay crushed in the parking lot. sarah ferguson was at church when the storm hit. the side of widespread destruction was overwhelming as she made her way home. >> i started weeping. i've seen pictures of this before but to see this in person, it was just devastating. just looked like a war zone. >> reporter: the twister believed to be between one half to three-quarters of a mile wide was on the ground for nearly four miles. this is another direct assault on an american city, and people here had time to react, 20 minutes between the tornado sirens and when the tornado hit. but as is the case in so many times when the storm is this strong, there is no place safe enough. chris. >> cbs' cynthia bours in joplin, missouri. thank you. >> here is erica. >> this morning dozens of victims are in a shelter. marie is a red cross volunteer, also a victim, her home destroyed. marie, good to have you with us. first of all, give us an idea. you are essentially homeless this morning. what happened? >> i was in my car, i was under an

50 on their way to the beach and the unthinkable happens and maryland state police bring in four medevacs. they're all taken back to shock trauma where the health care professionals in baltimore do this wonderful miraculous job, not bringing just back to life but to a full and complete life. the bill is hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars. is it your submission that congress has no power to address an aggregate what we know happens every day in this country in the way they just described? >> your honor, certainly that is a compelling, emotional story of something that happens, a tragedy that happens on a regular basis. however, to reach that case or other cases cannot do so by the individual mandate. and, in fact, if you look at the individual mandate, looking at it from the rational review, it doesn't accomplish what congress says it will accomplish. the idea is you're going to have the guaranteed issue and the rating. in order to have that, that will implode the insurance industry, seven states have tried it and seven states have realized the catastrophe. you bring in the forc

even the medevac helicopter destroyed on the helipad near the emergency room. a huge it's tok help anybody that's here. and more huge for this community to try to find a way to come back long term. back to you. >> jim, exactly what time did this tornado hit and did people get a warning? do you have tornado sirens in the area? >> yes. indeed, actually they got a 20- minute warning. usually they only get about a seven-minute warning. we're not sure how much that may have saved people. if you were taking shelt near home, we have seen block after block, mile after mile of completely destroyed homes. i'm not sure what kind of shelter any of these structures would give you and it's really that scope that i think is ultimately going to be the biggest impact. we're used to seeing one neighborhood, you know, perhaps destroyed. but this is just block after block, mile after mile. it's staggering. i have never seen anything like this. >> how big a path? was it a mile wide? how long? how long did it do its damage. >> reporter: well, we are not sure how long it went. they s

a really interesting indicator, even the medevac helicopter is destroyed on the held pepad.se doctors, nurses, and medical professionals had an unbelievable task, and when we get all the details, i'm sure we'll hear of some tremendous heroism last night, carol. >> i'm sure. and most of the patients were transported to a hospital nearby that's up and running. that's a bit of bright news, i guess. i don't know. i'm trying to find every positive sign i can to throw at people. thanks so much. doug hunt's been out on the streets of joplin, he's seen some of this devastation up close, he's a joplin resident and lived through the storm. he joins us on the phone to talk about that. so when the storm was coming in, where were you? >> hi, carol. we had just got through grocery shopping and i've got a nephew who has a nice basement, so we drove over there and, you know, when the sirens went off, we knew that it was coming, because we could see the hail, and when the straight-line winds hit, you know, i worked in tv for ten years, so i knew what i was witnessing. what i was witnessing w

i see a time in the future where we'll probably do some medevacs. i'm a big fan over the cargo u.a.v.. it is now called the cargo u.a.s. where we can deliver logistic supplies around the battlefield, especially at 2:00 this morning when it is dark and scary and piles get nervous. u.a.v. doesn't care. it just launches and flies out and delivers ammunition and water and that -- food. i'm a big fan. i think there is a huge future in it for all the services. i'm not threatened by it at all. there is always going to be a retirement to have somebody with a brain making decision on things on the ground but i'm a big fan and i hope that answered your question. >> if i could follow up quickly on that, general, is it -- this is not meant to be a critique to have f-35 program. we have seen it stay at about 2,500 airplanes through a period where u.a.b.'s and u.a.s.'s have become more general. is it possible in this budget drill that the service can realistically and reasonably be asked to rethink the 2025 number without going to the f-35 b specifically. is ther

airports that general aviation needs and that the other services that it provides when you look at medevacand the necessary needs to get to small communities. it's important that the general aviation voices is part of that equation. growth when we look in the future, in the next ten years, there is going to be tremendous growth in ga. we've seen the growth in the '07 time frame and the despair that we saw in '08 and '09, but it is coming back. and the need and the fundamental business case for business in general aviation is still there. so it needs to be a part of the equation, needs to be a seat at the table discussing what's necessary for that, that growth as we go forward. and not only here domestically, but when we talk about the president's mandate on exports, that's another piece of the discussion we should have today on the importance of if you look at 2010 close to six billion, five billion in ga exports just in airplanes alone occurred which was about 60% of our total industry business. so it is a global market, it is growing, and it does have a bright future, but we've all got t

and maryland state police bring in four medevac. they're all taken back to shock trauma with the health care professionals in baltimore do this wonderful, miraculous job bringing them not just back to life but to a full and complete life. a bill that's hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars. is it your submission that congress has no power to address an aggaregate in the way i described? >> your honor, that's a compelling, emotional story of something that happens in a tragedy on a regular basis. congress, to reach of case, other cases, cannot do so by the individual mandate. and, in fact, if you look at the individual mandate, looking at it from either this rational review, it doesn't accomplish what congress even says it will accomplish. the idea is they're going to have the guaranteed issue and the community rating. now, in order to which, that will the university, seven states have tried it and seven states have realized the catastrophe and you bring in the forced mandates to increase the pool. >> so your argument is not

ability to deliver precision munitions, i see a time in the future where we're probably do some medevacswith unmanned aerial system. i'm a big fan what we call the cargo uav. it is now called, cargo uas. where we can deliver logistics supplies around a battlefield, especially 2:00 in the morning when it is dark and scary and pilots get nervous. a uav doesn't care. launches out and flies out and delivers ammunition and water and that kind of, food. so i'm a big fan of it. i think there's a huge future in it for all the services. as a marine aviator i'm not threatened by it at all. there is always going to be the requirement to have somebody with a brain making decisions on, on things on the ground but i'm a big fan of, and i hope that answers your question. >> if i could follow up quickly on that, general and i apologize to people that keep waiting but is it, this is not meant to be a critique of the f-35b program. but we've seen the f-35 program stay at about 2500 airplanes through a period, uavs, uases have become much more effective in general. you were talking about some of the cargo