sam morgan is one of them. inside he described a somber scene filled with reflection. >> really just trying to make sense out of senselessness, is the best way i can describe it. >> reporter: morgan says officer kenyon youngstrom was shot in the neck and is in grave condition. >> we've been told that the injuries are not compatible with life and having been told that, that gives us -- that puts things into perspective. >> my dad was an l.a. pd for many years. >> reporter: today, john lopez and many others dropped off flowers and made their respects. one man, who declined to give his name, held tight the american flag. he says he is the same man holding the flag along the interstate yesterday. >> the officer put his life on the line to protect the citizens around him. >> reporter: officer morgan says days like these should remind us all to hold our families a little tighter. >> it causes us to bring life issues into sharper focus, making sure we're living life to the fullest, making sure that we're letting our l

. >> the officer sam morgan has been with the chp 30 years. and. >> every time, the same reaction. >> your mind starts racing. and when that officer dies. >> each one a piece of you go was that individual. there is never a point where you say, okay i'm over that. you learn how to manage it. >> there are thoughts of anger and sadness and on and on. emotion goes. >> there are personal reflections. officer morgan is married with two children. >> reflections such as what if it was me? how would my wife and children handle it? >> and you're brought to focus with your own mortality. and you begin to see just how risky this job can be sometimes. >> it's not something the officer dwells on. potential danger was each traffic stop. >> are they friend? foe? going to yield to authorities of the officer peace fully? am i going have to to get into a confrontation with this individual? most calls we go home without insy dents or injury. there can be one call that can be your last call. >> as officer morgan told me, he and his fellow officers are no different

. >> sam morgan has been with the chp for 30 years.it isn't the first time he heard a radio call. 1199. an officer down. >> your mind starts racing. >> when the officer dies.... >> each one a piece goes with that individual. there is never a point i'm over that. you just learn how to manage it. sometimes there is thoughts of anger. there is thoughts of sadness and all the emotions go. >> reporter: there is also personal reflections. she married with two children. >> reflections what if it was me. how would my wife and children handle it. how would my family respond. you are brought into sharper focus with your own mortality. you see how risky the job can be. >> reporter: it's not something he dwells on but in the back of his mind. the potential dangers of each traffic stop no matter how small the infraction. >> are they friend or foe, are they going to yield peaceably. am i going to have to get in a physical confrontation with this individual. most of the calls we respond to we go home without incident but there can always be that one

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. >> the officer sam morgan has been with the chp some 30 years. it's not the first time he's heard the radio call, an 11-99, officer down. every time the same reaction. >> your mind starts racing. sometimes your heart sinks. >> and when that officer dies -- >> each one, a piece of you goes with that individual. there's never a time where you say i'm over that. you just learn how to manage it. sometimes there are thoughts of anger, sometimes there are thoughts of sadness, bewilderment, and on and on the emotions go. >> there are also personal reflections. officer morgan is married with two children. >> reflections such as what if it was me, how would my wife and children handle it, how would my family respond. >> you are brought to deathly into sharply focus with your own mortality, and you begin to really see just how risky the job can be sometimes. >> it's not something officer morgan dwells on, but it's always in the back of his mind. the potential dangers of each traffic stop, no matter how small the infraction. >> are they friend, are they foe

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sam champion. >> the last week has been especially intense. >> robin's "gma" co-anchor george stephanopoulos on cnn's "piers morgan tonight." >> we all have our fingers crossed that these bone marrow cells take to her body and do the job that they're supposed to do. >> sally-ann calling tv with an update. >> in 30 days, lord willing her blood counts will be normal and she'll be able to go home. >> abc news cameras following robin's battle, which leads to our inside view, why do celebrities go public with their health battles? >> it's moment by moment. day by day. i mean, you're up and down. >> michael landon invited the press to his home to announce that he had pancreatic cancer. in 1991. the little houston prairie star raised awareness of the disease and other celebrities followed. >>> let's get you inside. >> richard pryor shared his ms battle with "the insider" and tammy faye bakker allowed documentary cameras to follow her cancer battle. after robin shared her mds diagnosis, thousands of people signed up to become bone marrow donors. and there's been another side effect. her co-anchor josh elliott told our debbie matenopoulos there has be

sam bradford dissected this redskins defense, and, of course, the play that's going to grab the headlines, josh morg morgan'snsportsmanlike conduct penalty to put the redskins out of real field goal range. in reality, there were a ton of mistakes that cost the redskins this game. >> i'm not going to go through, obviously, all the mistakes that were made. you can see that any one of those are the difference in winning and losing. the obvious one is you lose your poise or composure. >> we're the only ones that can stop ourselves. that's the way i look at it. they played very well on defense. not taking anything away from them. they have a great defensive team. only we can stop ourselves. that's something i'll let go to the team. >> for us and the goals we have and the talent we have on the defense, we can be an upper echelon defense. we have to get things corrected. look at the tape. be hard on ourselves and get ready for next week. >> reporter: so the redskins don't just lose the game. they've lost a couple of defensive starters. adam carriker could be done for the season with a serious knee injury. and brian

sam bradford dissected this redskins defense. and, of course, the play that's going to grab the headlines, josh morgan's unsportsmanlike conduct penalty to put the redskins out of real field goal range. but in reality, there were a ton of mistakes that cost the redskins this game. >> i'm not going to go through, obviously, all the mistakes that were made, but you can see that any one of those are the difference in winning or losing. the obvious one is you lose your poise, your composure. >> we're the only ones that can stop ourselves. that's the way i look at it. they played very well on defense. not taking anything away from them. they have a great defensive team. only we can stop ourselves. and that's something that i'll let go to the team. >> for us and the goals that we have and the talent we have on the defense, we can be an upper echelon defense. we have to get things corrected. look at the tape, be hard on ourselves, and get ready for next week. >> reporter: so the redskins don't just lose the game. they lost a couple of defensive starters. adam carriker could be done for the season with a serious knee injury, and brian orakpo,