dr. samer attar: you work with the understanding that you gh crippled, or dismembered on the floor, next ying to save. >> pelley: dr. samer attar is a leading orthopedic surgeon from chicago, who volunteers in syria's makeshift hospitals. >> attar: the bombs would land so close, they'd knock you off your feet. and at times, they would directly hit the hospital. but all i did was look around and follow everyone else's lead, because they're like rocks. they don't lose their cool, they don't lose their composure. they just keep working. >> pelley: dr. attar enlisted in the syrian-american medical society, which began in the 1990s as a professional association. but, since the revolution, these american doctors have raised nearly $100 million in aid and sent more than 100 members into rebel-held syria, including aleppo, where dr. attar worked. >> attar: we'd find ourselves doing surgeries, sometimes without lying on gurneys in the hallway, because you're just so over- stretched. >> say hi, everybody. >> pelley: these are dr. attar's pictures of aleppo. >> attar: i remember another child that w

dr. samer attar: you work with the understanding that you might find yourself dead, or crippled, or dismemberedhe floor, next to the people you're trying to save. >> kroft: the isle of eigg is an ungroomed masterpiece of nature too wild to tame. a craggy speck of incredible beauty. >> galli: you know, the people on eigg, i'd have to say, are more evolved. >> kroft: charlie galli, the taxi driver and amateur philosopher, says most people here have done the whole life on the mainland thing and rejected it. you know everybody on the island? >> galli: i know them and their shoe sizes, and like i say, there's no secrets on an island, so... >> kroft: so what are they talking about this week? >> galli: mainly you. >> i'm steve kroft. >> i'm lesley stahl. >> i'm bill whitaker. >> i'm anderson cooper. >> i'm scott pelley. those stories tonight on "60 minutes." type 2 diabetes.here to test people's knowledge about so you have type 2 diabetes? yes i do. true or false... type 2 diabetes more than doubles your chance of dying from a cardiovascular event, like a heart attack or a stroke. that can't be true,