Surgeons provide free surgery for Orlando shooting survivors
Editor's Note
Rebuilding America’s Warriors (RAW) will provide free surgery to survivors of the Orlando nightclub shootings, WFTV9 Eyewitness News reports.
The RAW group comprises more than 350 surgeons in more than 40 states who perform reconstructive surgery for war veterans for free.
In addition to the surgeons covering the cost of their work, RAW will cover miscellaneous costs, including transportation, anesthesia, etc, for the shooting survivors.
Updated: ORLANDO, Fla. - The group, Rebuilding America's Warriors said it will provide free surgeries of any kind to victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting. "This was literally hundreds of my fellow Americans being attacked on an instantaneous battlefield here in Florida," Dr. Andrew Borom said.
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