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Seventeen victims at Kishwaukee
There are 17 victims at Kishwaukee Community Hospital as of 4:55 p.m. Three are critical. One victim with a head wound has been transferred and one is to be transferred.
There is also another victim with a chest wound, while eight are in stable condition.
Chest, shoulder, leg, head, and back wounds were reported for the eight in stable condition.
There are six “walking wounded” they are wounded but not life threatening, said Sharon L. Emanuelson director of marketing and public relations with Kishwaukee Community Hospital.
There are two surgeons on site and there are two surgeons coming in from Valley West Community hospital in Sandwich.
The hospital is currently in HEICS (Health Emergency Incident command Systems) disaster mode.
This mode is parallel to police and fire emergencies. Different people assigned to deal with the emergencies.
“We obviously have never experienced anything like this before,” Emanuelson said. “We’re in disaster mode here, we’ve practiced this, but...”
» Next Campus Article: Kishwaukee confirms 18 victims
Maybe the threats during finals were in fact not hollow ones. This in no way should have happened but if this in fact is racialy motivated maybe we need to look at how the violence with black students was recently handeled.
man all i know is that this stuff is messed up. its kinda funny they shot up cole hall because i had a class there earlier today. somebody from above must\'ve been looking out for me. my hearts go out to the victims
Yes, anony 6:38, some invisible man in the sky was looking out for you, but decided those 17 wounded weren\'t worth his time.... That\'s a ridiculous and terrible thing to say.
Watching the news in the UK! This is astonashing. My heart goes out to all of the victims and families. This needs to stop
I can\'t imagine how horrific it was to be in that class. My heart goes out to the victims\' families. On Valentine\'s Day, this was a day of hate, not love.