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While assessing the wounded on Monday, they were prepared to face a White Sox team that had won 6 of 7 and just last week started the Twins’ skid.—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 1 June 2026 Cotter, who helped organize the first-ever helicopter airlift from Camp One to rescue some of the wounded, said many lessons were learnt from the disaster.—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 30 May 2026 Shaun McGovern described a hospital interview conducted two days after the April 3 shooting with one of the wounded.—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026 Hundreds rushed in convoys of pickup trucks, descending on the hospital to speed the wounded away.—Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for the wounded