Eight days after the mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, two children are still in the hospital. Ten-year-old Weston Halsne is recovering well after surgery on Wednesday to remove a bullet fragment from his neck. A funeral for one of the two children killed, 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel, is planned for Sunday.

Together, Children’s Minnesota and Hennepin Healthcare — both Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Centers — treated 17 patients immediately after the shooting. When a mass casualty or crisis happens, there’s a careful choreography that starts even before ambulances reach the emergency room.

To get a glimpse into what it took to turn shooting victims into survivors, MPR News host Cathy Wurzer spoke with two surgeons at Hennepin Healthcare: Trauma Medical Director Dr. Ch

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