WE'RE
WE'RE LOOKING INTO PLASMA GATHERED FROM
COVID SURVIVORS, INCLUDING
NEW DISCOVERIES FROM THE MAYO
CLINIC. WE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH
THE DONATION PROCESS AND HOW
THE SCIENCE IS SAVING LIVES. IT
WAS ABSOLUTELY A MIRACLE.
KARE 11 RUTHTON. WELCOME BACK.
A LITTLE MORE THAN TWO WEEKS
AGO, THE COMMUNITY OF BUFFALO
JOINED THE LIST. NO COMMUNITY
EVER WANTS TO BE ON AS A PLACE
FOR A TROUBLED MAN OPENED FIRE
ON INNOCENT STRANGERS, KILLING
A YOUNG MOTHER AND INJURING
FOUR OTHER PEOPLE.
AND TRAUMATIZING AN ENTIRE TOWN.
BUFFALO POLICE WERE FIRST
TO RESPOND TO THAT CRIME SCENE
AND THE BUFFALO POLICE CHIEF WAS
ONE OF THE FIRST TO TELL US WHAT
HAPPENED. I SPOKE WITH HIM THIS
MORNING ABOUT THAT DAY AND ALL
THE DAYS SINCE BUFFALO POLICE
CHIEF PAT BUDKE IS A FIRST
RESPONDER AND WAS ONE OF THE
FIRST TO RESPOND TO THE 911
CALLS. I CAN REMEMBER AS I WAS
GOING TO THE SCENE PRAYING HARD
AND QUESTIONNING COULD THIS
REALLY BE HAPPENING HERE ?
AND IS THE INFORMATION ACCURATE?
LIKE HOW AND WHY AND NOW IN HIS
20 YEARS ON THE FORCE, IT WAS
WITHOUT QUESTION, HE SAID HIS
WORST DAY. YES. YEAH, I THOUGHT
A LOT ABOUT THAT TINTAH NOTHING
NOTHING TO EVEN COME CLOSE TO TO
WHAT THAT DAY WAS LIKE. A COUPLE
OF WEEKS AGO.
>> THE CHAOS OF THOSE FIRST
MOMENTS LED UP TO HEARING FROM
THE CHIEF FOR THE FIRST TIME
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.
>> THE SHOOTER HAD SORRY
THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE
INJURED WITHIN THE CLINIC MORE
THAN ONCE. HE HAD A HARD TIME
FINDING THE WORDS ON THAT DAY.
>> SO I ASKED HIM ABOUT IT.
ON THIS DAY IT WAS VERY
DIFFICULT FOR ME BECAUSE AT
THAT POINT I REALIZED I WAS
TALKING TO OUR COMMUNITY AS
WELL . PEOPLE THAT I SERVE
DIRECTLY AND THAT I WASN'T READY
FOR THAT. TO BE HONEST WITH YOU,
THIS IS A DAY THAT NO COMMUNITY
WOULD I KNOW COMMUNITY WOULD
WANT TO TO GO THROUGH.
>> I FELT THE LOSS OF PEACE
AND SECURITY AND YOU KNOW, IT'S
MY JOB. IT'S OUR JOB AS A POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO TO PROVIDE THAT .
AND SO I WAS AT A LOSS AS
TO WHAT TO SAY AND THE TIME
SINCE HE'S FACED THE CHALLENGES
OF WHAT TO DO OR SAY WITH ,
HE SAYS, A REMINDER TO HIMSELF
OF WHY HE BELIEVES HE'S THERE
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
>> IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN IN A
POSITION WHERE YOU DON'T FEEL
CALM AND BUT THEN THERE'S
SOMEONE DEPENDING ON YOU AND
THEIR DEPENDENTS, THEY NEED YOU
TO BE CALM. THEY NEED YOU
TO HELP THEM THROUGH. AND I
THINK IT'S MAYBE WHY I WAS
CALLED TO THIS WORK IN THE FIRST
PLACE IS HELPING PEOPLE TO GET
THROUGH TOUGH TIMES.
>> NO PART WAS HARDER, HE SAID,
THAN LEARNING IN THOSE FIRST
COUPLE OF DAYS THAT THE PERSON
KILLED WAS A YOUNG MAN, 37 YEAR
OLD. LINDSY OVERBAY.
>> THE PICTURE OF HER THAT IS
THAT IT'S ON HER GOFUNDME VOICE.
>> IT'S RIGHT HERE . OMNIPRESENT
IN HIS WORK LIFE AND HIS ACTUAL
LIFE WAS THAT LOSS AND THE
PERSISENT PAIN OF ASKING WHY IT
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. >> IT'S NOT AN EASY ANSWER.
THERE'S NO SIMPLE SOLUTION TO TO
DEALING WITH MENTAL
HEALTH STRUGGLES. WHY DID IT
HAPPEN? I DON'T KNOW. I HAVE AN
ANSWER FOR YOU NOW. MY MY ANSWER
OF WHY WHY I THINK IT HAPPENED
OR WHERE I'M GOING TO PUT MY
EFFORTS UNTIL I KNOW THE ANSWER
IS IN THAT SAME AREA OF MENTAL
FROM WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR,
ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH