"The fire department has gone out of its way to help us," said Oscar Orona whose son survived being shot. Example video title will go here for this videoUVALDE, Texas — The Uvalde Volunteer Fire Department started a modest effort to help Uvalde shooting survivors and their families. Now, with substantial help from around the country, those survivors call it a "godsend" in their own time of need. And the Uvalde Fire Department, a volunteer department with just three paid employees, was listening to their struggles too. "And we noticed that the wounded were being kind of left out so to speak," said Lt. Patrick Williams, president of the Uvalde Volunteer Fire Department.

Source: CNN October 11, 2022 01:13 UTC