- the death toll is now up to 43, equaling the record set by the detroit riots in 1967. now this city tries to recover. - i grabbed a broom just to sweep because the ashes were everywhere, and all the sudden, coming right at me was channel 9, and they go, "what are you doing?" i said, "i'm sweeping. i don't know what else to do." half hour later, there was, like, 3, 5, 12 people with brooms. "well, we saw you on the news, man. we came out to help you." by 6:00 in the afternoon, there were thousands of people. - as armed national guard troops deployed, these people armed themselves with trash bags