mike cronk who was at the concert when the shooting broke out. ke, just a horrifying scene right there. tell us what you went through. >> very horrifying. at first it sounded like fireworks and then my buddy that was standing right next to me said i'm hit and then we knew it was real and it was chaos. we got him down and people screaming and -- >> he got hit right in the chest. >> just pretty horrific. my buddy got shot three times in the chest. >> how is he doing? >> at last i heard, i haven't been on leave here but said he was going to be good. >> my goodness, so tell us what happened in those moments afterwards. how did you get out of there? >> we -- most people started scattering and they climbed the fence but i had to stay with my buddies. so we got him over the fence once the firing stopped and slid him under a stage so we were safe. and then we -- we transported him around the back side of the event. >> how did you get him around? >> got him over to triage. there was three of us carrying him and there was a cart so we got him on the cart an

mike cronk - rushed to help his friend - who was shot three times in the chest.mike cronk: "so we got him over the fence once the firing stopped and slid him under a stage so we were safe."amid all the bloodshed.... countless stories of heroism coming to light.vanessa, first responder to attack: "there was so many people, just normal citizens, doctors, cops, paramedics, nurses, just off duty. everyone is just communicating and working together. it was completely horrible, but it was absolutely amazing to see all of those people come together."vicki liviakis kron 4 news. (steve) helping more than 100- people get to safety. that's what three brave bay area men did when bullets began raining down on the 22- thousand people sunday in las vegas.(catherine) today one of those men described the life or death situation they were dealing with... to kron4's haaziq madyun. that was the decsion made by david munger and his two best friends chris riley and a

. >> reporter: we found mike cronk, head and hands still stained with his friend's blood. mike had used his shirt to keep his friend from bleeding out. you guys were trying to do triage while the shooting was still going on. >> yeah, everybody was jumping over the fences and there was no way i was leaving my buddy. we had to keep compression on the thing. we weren't sure the shooting was stopped. but we got him over the fence and under the stage. so at least we knew he was safe. >> reporter: as an army of police descended, s.w.a.t. teams are closing in on the shooter. they approach his door with an explosive. >> everyone in the hallway needs to move back, all units move back. >> breach, breach, breach. >> reporter: police say they found paddock dead inside. i had killed himself. >> right now we need your truck. we just need to get people to the hospital, okay? >> reporter: down on the ground, the sidewalk a triage center. the wounded carried on barricades turned into stretchers. even in wheelbarrows. >> we just saw a bunch of people who needed help. so we just started pilin

mike cronk whose best buddy next to him, here on mike cronk's 48th birthday. took three bullets to the chest and heaved him over a fence and physically had to plug his wounds with their fingers. the victim himself actually the wounds. he survived but one of the men that were evacuated with who had been shot literally died right where i'm standing. that serves to show you how chaotic it was here, george. >> matt, we see the photos here and see the video of the scene. this is right in the heart of the las vegas strip. >> reporter: the mandalay bay hotel, bringing in automatic weapons, knowing how high to be up exactly what time to be there and bringing in a tremendous amount of weaponry. . that serves to exacerbate the horror. we are probably, what is it? about five hours after the event itself and we're still hearing ambulances stream across the city. there is still a very heavy police presence here. still very much a city on its toes and still thousands of visitors here who can't get back to their hotel rooms because most of that strip remains on lockdown. >>

mike cronk whose best buddy next to him, here on mike cronk's 48th birthday. took three bullets to the chest and heaved him over a fence and physically had to plug his wounds with their fingers. the victim himself actually helped put one of the fixes in the wounds. he survived but one of the men that were evacuated with who had been shot literally died right where i'm standing. that serves to show you how chaotic it was here, george. >> matt, we see the photos here and see the video of the scene. this is right in the heart of the las vegas strip. >> reporter: the mandalay bay hotel, bringing in automatic weapons, knowing how high to be up exactly what time to be there and bringing in a tremendous amount of weaponry. . that serves to exacerbate the horror. we are probably, what is it? about five hours after the event itself and we're still hearing ambulances stream across the city. there is still a very heavy police presence here. still very much a city on its toes and still thousands of visitors here who can't get back to their hotel rooms because most of that

. >> yeah a guy named mike cronk, a retired teacher from alaska.o pick up on the point you were just talking about, brian, you told me there were military people, off-duty or people with military experience who did at one point organize a plan of, we've got to get out of here, here is our route of escape. to that point there were people here that had some experience that certainly proved beneficial. that concert, like most concerts, you see this now, people taking videos of the concerts. in that case, it gave us -- made all of us, in many ways, witness to this horrific event. we saw the confusion, the rapid fire of the guns but we didn't experience the terror. i did talk to a number of people who did. one was mike cronk, there with friends. one of his friends was wounded. there was no choice, there was no running, he had to stick with his friend. here's some of what he told me a bit earlier. >> we were pretty much right up front facing the stage on the right side of the stage. pretty much right in the front. ten feet away from jason aldean when he

. >> reporter: we found mike cronk, head in his hands, still stained with his friend's blood. >> got t three times. >> reporter: mike used his shirt to keep his friend from bleeding out. you guys were trying to do try yaj while the shooting is still going on? >> yeah, everybody was jumping over the fences and stuff, but there's no way i'm going to leave my buddy. we had to keep compression on it, so -- once we -- we weren't even sure if the shooting was stopped. we got him over the fence, and under the stage so at least we knew we were safe. >> reporter: as an army of police descend, high above the panicked crowds, s.w.a.t. teams are closing in on the shooter. they approach his hotel door armed with an explosive. >> everyone in the hallway needs to move back. all units, move back. >> breach, breach, breach. >> reporter: police say they found paddock dead inside. he had killed himself. >> right now, we need your truck. we just need to get people over to the hospital, okay? >> okay. >> reporter: down on the ground, the sidewalk now a triage center. the wounded carried on barricades, tur

. >> go back to the scene matt guttman i believe you're there with mike cronk who you were speaking with earlier. >> reporter: that's right. we found him on the curb and he wasn't wearing a shirt because he had used it to stanch the blood of one of his friends. he had been through one of the most harrowing experiences i had ever heard and mike maybe you can tell me your story. where were you tonight? >> we were at the route 91 concert. been there all day waiting for jason aldean, real surreal. everybody is having a good time and all of a sudden you hear popping going on and i don't think anybody understood what it was. and my buddy is like i got hit. my buddy got shot three times and everybody knew there was a shooter so everybody pretty much dove on top of each other, got down. it was a lot of chaos. people trampling each other and trying to get away. it seemed like forever. but we're just trying to take care of the people that are wounded. a lot of people who are selfless and actually stayed with people. >> now you're an avid hunter and you recognized immediately this was not just gunf

10,000 to 20,000 in that crowd you don't need to aim and hearing from eyewitnesses, one of them mike cronkitting next to me covered in blood of his friend shot three times in the chest. people were hit multiple times by these rounds. assault rifle rounds fired right into the crowd and they had nowhere to run. they were so densely packed. everybody trying to get closer to the stage where jason aldean was playing and they tried to scatter. people were trampling each other, trampling the wounded. people tending to the wounded in that spot they called a kill box, george, trying to staunch the wounds to stop the bleeding. incredibly chaotic scene but tremendous heroics. and the problem is it was so densely packed there were so many people that at first medics and first responders couldn't get in there to help. so people had to load the wounded out, carry them over fences to try to get them out of that kill zone. this man mike kronk tried to carry his friend over a fence and then under the stage. they tended to him. there were military personnel, possibly law enforcement on the scene as well who

mike cronk who was at the concert when the shooting broke out. ke, just a horrifying scene right there. tell us what you went through. >> very horrifying. at first it sounded like fireworks and then my buddy that was standing right next to me said i'm hit and then we knew it was real and it was chaos. we got him down and people screaming and -- >> he got hit right in the chest. >> just pretty horrific. my buddy got shot three times in the chest. >> how is he doing? >> at last i heard, i haven't been on leave here but said he was going to be good. >> my goodness, so tell us what happened in those moments afterwards. how did you get out of there? >> we -- most people started scattering and they climbed the fence but i had to stay with my buddies. so we got him over the fence once the firing stopped and slid him under a stage so we were safe. and then we -- we transported him around the back side of the event. >> how did you get him around? >> got him over to triage. there was three of us carrying him and there was a cart so we got him on the cart an

mike cronk - rushed to help his friend - who was shot three times in the chest.mike cronk: "so we gotim over the fence once the firing stopped and slid him under a stage so we were safe."amid all the bloodshed.... countless stories of heroism coming to light.vanessa, first responder to attack: "there was so many people, just normal citizens, doctors, cops, paramedics, nurses, just off duty. everyone is just communicating and working together. it was completely horrible, but it was absolutely amazing to see all of those people come together."vicki liviakis kron 4 news. ( lydia ) levi's stadium is set to hold its first concert since the shooting in las vegas. how bay area fans feel about returning to crowded arenas.( mark ) and after the break... we continue to hear stories from people who were at that concert in las vegas. we will hear how one bay area woman made it to safety after the shooting started.( james ) your bay area forecast is next. . this is what i make... honey bunches of oats. it's crispy sweetened flakes, plus crunchy granola clusters, plus a touch of honey. it is 'mmmm'

mike cronk - rushed to help his friend - who was shot three times in the chest.mike cronk: "so we got over the fence once the firing stopped and slid him under a stage so we were safe."vanessa, an off-duty nurse, initially ran for cover, but then her training kicked in, and she ran back into harm's way. vanessa, first responder to attack: "we went back because i'm a nurse and i just felt i had to. so i went to 3 different scenes and by the time i got to the third one, there was just dead bodies." addison short was shot in the leg while was shot in addison short was shot in the leg while trying to get away -- a stranger came to her aid: short: "and so i like dove under this like bar to get cover. and this guy helped me wrap my foot because it was just gushing out blood everywhere. i just want to -- if the guy who helped me is watching, i really just want to tell him how grateful i am for basically saving my life." addison says she never got the man's name. amid all the bloodshed.... countless stories of heroism coming to light.vanessa, first responder to attack: "there was so many peop

on the phone now, an eyewitness, mike cronk. you saved your friend who was shot three times. ase, mike. >> we were at the concert there, and we heard the pop, pop, pop, and pretty much the second volley of pop, pop, pop, my buddy was like, i'm hit, i'm shot. that's when we realized -- i knew it was coming from the hotel. i hunt a lot, and i know that it was, the guns were not close, and so that's why we started yelling at everybody to get down on the ground, you know, and stay on the ground. but, you know, as soon as, you know, people started running, it turned into utter chaos. it was pretty much staying with my buddy there. he got shot three times, had his finger in one of the holes, and we had shirts and whatever we could do to keep it compressed. stuart: is he doing well? is your friend well now, mike? >> yeah, thank god, he just got out of surgery, and he is, he's doing good. he called his family, so, yes. stuart: did you go with your friend to the hospital? >> no. it was a long ordeal. we actually -- once we got him out, which took a while, we actually loaded four wounde

we spoke to one man, mike cronk, they were here on mike's 48th birthday. took three bullets to the chest. they have heaved him over a fence and under the stage where they had to physically plug his wounds. the victim himself put one of his fingers in the wound. he survived. but one of the men they were evacuated with died literally right where i'm standing here. that serves to show you how chaotic it was here, george. >> and we see the video of the scene. this is right in the heart of the las vegas strip. and that must have been planned. you see the mandalay hotel facing directly over the music concert, bringing in automatic weapons, that must have been planned knowing what room to be in, how high to be up, what time to be there .bringing in a tremendous amount of weaponry. this is definitely a planned event, george, and that just -- you know, serves to exacerbate and heighten the horror that we've seen here. what is also astounding, george, is that we are probably with about five hours after the event itself and we're still hearing ambulances scream acros

his friend mike cronk putting his own life in danger to stay with his buddy. >> thanks for staying withe. >> reporter: the worst of times bringing out the very best in so many. >> at this hospital alone more than a dozen people remain in critical condition. families and the victims coming together. savannah, back to you. >> all right. miguel, thank you. we're going to have a lot more from here in las vegas just ahead, but now, matt, we'll send it back to you. >> thanks. we'll he so you in a couple of minutes. a lot more to get to this morning. the trump administration will reportedly order nearly two-thirds of cuba's diplomatic core to leave washington. this follows mysterious sonic attacks that have injured diplomats and staff members at the u.s. embassy in havana. the unexplained incidents have been blamed for hearing loss, dizziness, even brain damage. on friday the u.s. senate was drastically reducing its own diplomatic presence in cuba because of the danger. the u.s. also warned american citizens to avoid visiting cuba. meanwhile, the ceo of san francisco-based wells fargo bank exp

. >> reporter: abc's matt gutman spoke with mike cronk. >> what happened to your shirt?ed people. >> reporter: some jumped in and helped complete strangers. >> saw a girl with a wound to the cheek about the size of a quarter and applied pressure and gave her some gauze to put on there. >> you saw so many people grab each other and go. >> reporter: others came to the rescue before the damage was done. >> i jumped on my friend, he got hit in the back but i put my arm over >> reporter: in the midst of tragedy many selfless life-saving acts? >> just normal citizens communicating and working together. it was completely horrible but it was absolutely amazing to see all the people come together. >> and to be clear, michael, these things that were done yesterday at the scene, they can be taught, they can be learned and they can be practiced. very important. >> something i think that's important for all of us to know. how were ordinary citizens able to save people's lives? >> well, ironically they did the right medical things instinctively but it actually there's history to it. i