After Disaster, Where Does Your Blood Donation Go?

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Bonfils Blood Donations After Orlando Shootings
Natalie Poe and Mohamed Malki donated blood at Bonfils Blood Center's Lowry facility after the mass shootings in Orlando, Fla. June 12, 2016.

When Orlando, Florida hospitals sent out an urgent call for blood donations after the mass shootings there, Coloradans responded.

But the states are thousands of miles apart. Where did Colorado's blood donations go and who did they help? Colorado Matters host Ryan Warner spoke with Liz Lambert, a spokeswoman for Bonfils Blood Center, which serves more than 100 Colorado healthcare facilities.