Al Trejo was dead—and that fact still broke Buddy’s heart—while Fred Kelso was seriously wounded and his condition still weighed on Buddy’s mind. The doctors at the Sierrita County Hospital gave Fred a fifty-fifty chance of surviving. There was some discussion about taking him by helicopter to a larger hospital in Tucson or Phoenix, but after a video consultation with doctors there, it was decided to leave him be since he was stable and the local doctors were doing everything that they could. He was still in a coma and had not regained consciousness since the bank robbery early that morning. Mrs. Montgomery had a broken hip and would be laid up for a long time. A doctor had checked Andy Willard and pronounced that except for the cut on his head, he was fine. There was no sign of concussion. His mother Carla was bruised and shaken up, of course, but the damage to her had been more psychological and spiritual than physical—other than the threat of AIDS or pregnancy. Tom Brannon was fine, not a scratch on him from his encounter.
