cnn's patrick oppmann, he made it there to see what the storm left behind and it is nothing short of breathtaking. he sent in this report. >> we saw airplanes coming over this island along with helicopters. the first signs of any organized search and rescue effort. any effort to bring in help from outside of this island. we thought perhaps that meant the airport here was functional or had reopened. so we went to the airport and what we found watts total devastation. we are on the runway at the freeport airport. it has been inaccessible for days. there was a river between the rest of the city and this airport. it was completely underwater. it looked like the waves were crashing. waves were crashing against this airport. look how destroyed it is right now. just about every side, 8 feet to 10 feet up has been leveled,