WATCH: Parkland shooting survivor and emergency responders hold press conference at hospital http://cbsn.ws/2BR71h6 pic.twitter.com/kDIuxTJdG6
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“I'm so grateful to be here & it wouldn't be possible without the officers & 1st responders & amazing doctors. Especially all the love that everyone has sent... I wouldn't be here without it. I just want to send my appreciation and love out to all of you,” Maddy Wilford sayspic.twitter.com/EuafbH83Un
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“I got into this job to help people. I guess when you are able to see it [help], it makes it that much better,” Lt. Laz Ojeda, who helped save 17-year-old Maddy Wilford during the mass shooting, says http://cbsn.ws/2BR71h6 pic.twitter.com/IIeKbebYdF
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Doctors say Maddy Wilford was shot three times during the Parkland school shooting and underwent three surgeries in a 48-hour periodpic.twitter.com/bT4PULNBI5
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Reporter: Can you explain how it's possible that [Maddy's] chest and abdomen healed so fast after such a traumatic injury? Doctor: Her age. Young people have a tendency to heal very fast. It is very rewarding to treat pediatric patients because they do very well.pic.twitter.com/gt19GRN9Yh
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Being able to successfully save Maddy Wilford after she was shot three times made Lt. Ojeda feel like "a tool in god's hands, something like that. That's what it felt like." http://cbsn.ws/2BR71h6 pic.twitter.com/gzdboM6C5y
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“Every patient that came into us got the same exact care and treatment that Maddy got, and have all done well. That is the reason why we do this...We’re a trauma center here and we are prepared to handle these type of injuries," doctor says http://cbsn.ws/2BR71h6 pic.twitter.com/4YLfnWRtAP
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"Perhaps if we had gone 30 miles away, she wouldn't have made it... Something made me disregard a faraway voice saying she needs to go to Broward General. We brought her here. Everything turned out well for her and her family," Ojeda says of bringing Maddy to Broward Health Northpic.twitter.com/4yKeEUT8rZ
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"Were on auto mode, meaning we were just working based on our instincts and on our training...it didn't hit me until that night when we were doing our stress debriefing and I saw other people affected. Then it affected me," Ojeda says of witnessing aftermath of school shootingpic.twitter.com/VyKZ2hWcQb
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