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Police say it's fortunate that only two of the employees in the Triad Center who happened to cross the gunwoman's path were shot. News Specialist Nadine Wimmer reports from LDS Hospital on the shooting victims.

Surgeons worked to try to save the life of one shooting victim who arrived in very critical condition. The second victim, escaped with just minor injuries. We talked with him about his terrifying experience.

Two Triad Center colleagues shared their emotions and relief after a woman aimed a gun at both of them, and actually shot at building engineer Brent Wightman.

Wightman said he had, "A premonition of some kind that she was going to shoot me. I don't know why, I didn't see her shoot me. I turned. And she grazed my right side and then she shot me again."

Dan Nestel saw it happen. "She shot Brent, he fell to the ground and played dead. The woman stepped back, and shot again."

"She walked over to me and the only time she ever touched me, she kicked me. And she kicked me in the chest," Wightman said.

The gunwoman would later get in the elevator and shoot at employees on other floors. That's where police say she shot an AT&T employee in the head. The victim had just returned to work from maternity leave after the birth of her first child.

Police credit another quick-thinking AT&T employee for tackling the gunwoman and stopping her rampage. Salt Lake Police Chief Ruben Ortega said, "We give tremendous credit to an employee of AT&T that took her down to the floor and her gun was taken away from her. We're extremely fortunate that more people weren't injured. If it hadn't been for his action, we feel confident there would have been more."

KSL employees thanked Wightman and others for taking precautions that protected their colleagues.