Incredible Stories of Survival in Las Vegas.
CUOMO: The president apparently awake this morning and tweeting about his visit to Las Vegas where he met survivors. He met first responders and other heroes from Sunday's massacre. He's tweeting this morning: So wonderful to be in Las Vegas yesterday and meet with people from police to doctors and victims themselves who I will never forget. Let's go to CNN's Scott McLean. He's live in Las Vegas. And he some of these stories that matter most, the people who survived, the people who helped, the people who showed the opposite in humanity from the murderer that tried to kill as many of them as possible. Scott?</s>SCOTT MCLEAN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Chris. Of the nearly 500 people who were injured and ended up in a hospital, most have been discharged to go home. That is the good news. But there are still some people fighting for their lives. Here at the University Medical Center, the main trauma center in Las Vegas, there are still six people in critical condition. Yesterday, I met 22-year-old Taylor Barr. She has a long way to go to recovery but she knows she's one of the lucky ones.</s>MCLEAN (voice-over): Moments after the first shots were fired, Taylor Barr was bleeding and ducking for cover. Hit in the arm, she recalls panic not pain.</s>TAYLOR BARR, INJURED IN LAS VEGAS SHOOTING: All the adrenaline and confusion. So I don't remember feeling it that much.</s>MCLEAN: Her dad, Chris, used his belt to stop the pleading and used his body to shield his daughter from the next round of bullets. The act of courage captured in a cell phone video posted on Facebook.</s>BARR: I love him: he's such a -- he's my hero. Like he was just trying to keep us safe.</s>MCLEAN: Minutes later, Taylor, her dad and step mom scrambled to a nearby parking lot and were rushed to the hospital in the back of a pickup truck driven by complete strangers. (on camera): What do you want to say to these people?</s>BARR: Thank you for saving my life. If it wasn't for them, I probably wouldn't be here right now.</s>MCLEAN (voice-over): Robert Aguilar was at the concert with his girlfriend Rosa when he was shot in the spine above his right hip.</s>ROBERT AGUILAR, INJURED IN LAS VEGAS SHOOTING: You can hear the bullets whizzing by. [06:55:0] And I just told them to stay down, stay down, stay down. And I just kind of have my head turned, just thinking the next one's going to hit us again.</s>MCLEAN: Doctors said they feared he would never walk again. But against all odds, he took his first steps on Wednesday.</s>AGUILAR: I wasn't going to accept that for an answer, accepting not being able to walk again.</s>MCLEAN: Upon hearing a gunfire, Jamie Jackson dove for cover, ending up next to Addison Short.</s>JAMIE JACKSON, SAVED ADDISON SHORT'S LIFE DURING LAS VEGAS SHOOTING: And her foot ended up right in front of me and I just saw her boot was soaked through with blood, so I was like I'm going to take this off. When I pulled the boot off, that's when the blood -- I was like screaming for someone to give me a belt. There was a guy about two over. He threw me the belt and I just held.</s>MCLEAN: He carried Addison to safety before leaving her with an off- duty officer. He didn't know her name or if she was still alive until his mother-in-law saw her interview on Anderson Cooper Monday night.</s>ADDISON SHORT, INJURED IN LAS VEGAS SHOOTIGN: It's the guy that helped me is watching, I really want to tell him how grateful I am for basically saving my life.</s>MCLEAN: Yesterday, Jamie and his wife Jennifer were reunited with the young woman.</s>SHORT: You have no idea how I appreciate you guys.</s>MCLEAN: Jonathan Smith ran towards those in trouble as shots rang out, likely saving the lives of dozens before being shot in the neck.</s>JONATHAN SMITH, INJURED IN LAS VEGAS SHOOTING: I'm not a hero. I'm far from a hero. I think I just did what anybody would do.</s>MCLEAN: An off-duty San Diego officer found Smith, bringing him to safety.</s>TOM MCGRATH, SAN DIEGO OFFICER: It was a scary moment for both of us, but I just remember holding hands with Tom. You know, this is a time to fight, you know? You made it this far.</s>SMITH: I kept telling him, I don't want to die, I don't want to die. He kept saying, you're not going to die. I got you.</s>MCLEAN: We hear all of the stories of bravery, but the harsh reality of what comes next to these people really cannot be understated. In the case of Taylor Barr, she still has limited movement, limited feeling in her left hand. She works with her hands for a living, she has a small business doing nails and she likely won't have the use of one of those hands for at least a year. So, not only have she going to have a hefty hospital tab after all of this, but also, she'll likely be out of work. So, while this story will eventually fade from the headlines for all of us, many of these people will be forced to live with the impact of what happened for a long time to come, Alisyn.</s>CAMEROTA: You are so right. I mean, everyone's lives are forever changed, even those who survived. Thank you so much for the reporting from Vegas there. So, did the Las Vegas killer have help? New details in the investigation, next.