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Members will be available? >> not today. i know for certain not today. >> we are see aing a lot of peoe were chinese as well. do you have chinese interpreters here? >> we do have interpreters for them. >> of those 17, you said some are critical, do you know how many in. >> i do not know, im hoping to have more information at the 5:00 update and that is all i have for now. >> that was an official from one of the hospitals to where some of the wounded were taken. clear skies today in san francisco...

San francisco international airport where theyre holding a news briefing. >> 11 other of different ethnicities accounts for 291 passengers. i also want to acknowledge the tremendous city response given not just by the first responders, in addition to their effort, there were korean and chinese interpreters that were dispatched from the city and from various volunteer groups in the community to come to the airport and make sure translation was provided. our department of public health sent grief ...

Field. everyone is coming from the field. i dont have any information on the ten critical. i am asking, and as soon as i have it, ill share it. >> can you tell us one more time? i know you listed off the different disciplines that you called in, the extra staff. >> nurses, physicians, radiologists, respiratory therapists, social workers. we have chaplains here. really, its the whole team. the lab. >> how many more came in? >> i dont know that. i did ask that. if i get that information, ill share...

A -- in the er, and icu, and that is a combination of interpreters and bilingual staff. >> i can only. -- to know the big picture of the whole airline who is on airline, how many people were taken where, i will refer you to ems and the airport. >> last count, it was 230 victims that were not critical. >> that is the information that was given to me from the airport, and that was a mistake for me to share. i cannot answer follow-up questions except say what is going on here. >> family members? >>...

Passengers. i also want to being a knowledge the tremendous -- to acknowledge the tremendous city response that was given not just by the first responders. in addition to their effort, there were korean and chinese interpreters that were dispatched from the city and from various volunteer groups in the community to come to the airport and make sure that translation was provided. our department of public health sent grief counselors in to assist with all the different families and friends that we...

>> do you know how many family members will be available? >> not today. i know for certain not today. >> we are see aing a lot of peoe were chinese as well. do you have chinese interpreters here? >> we do have interpreters for them. >> of those 17, you said some are critical, do you know how many in. >> i do not know, im hoping to have more information at the 5:00 update and that is all i have for now. >> that was an official from one of the hospitals to where some of the wounded were taken. cle...

Members will be available? >> not today. i know for certain not today. >> we are see aing a lot of peoe were chinese as well. do you have chinese interpreters here? >> we do have interpreters for them. >> of those 17, you said some are critical, do you know how many in. >> i do not know, im hoping to have more information at the 5:00 update and that is all i have for now. >> that was an official from one of the hospitals to where some of the wounded were taken. clear skies today in san francisco...

Responders. in addition to their effort, there were korean and chinese interpreters that were dispatched from the city and from various volunteer groups in the community, to come to the airport and make sure translation was provided. our department of public health sent grief counselors in to assist with all the different family and friends that were here. we had paramedics that rode with the injured passengers as they went on buses to the hospitals through all over the bay area. and of course, ...

A -- in the er, and icu, and that is a combination of interpreters and bilingual staff. >> i can only. -- to know the big picture of the whole airline who is on airline, how many people were taken where, i will refer you to ems and the airport. >> last count, it was 230 victims that were not critical. >> that is the information that was given to me from the airport, and that was a mistake for me to share. i cannot answer follow-up questions except say what is going on here. >> family members? >>...

Severe injuries were sent to san francisco general because they are trauma center. >> anything else that you would like to say that we havent touched upon? >> are you able to tell the victims race or? >> no, we are subject to confidentialallity laws so cant give that information. >> did you have to bring in interpreters to help you deal with the patients. >> we have a diverse staff so we were able to bring in translators for the languages that the patients were speaking. >> what were those? >> i...