tonight, the workers from iowa to new york to florida. and here's rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: tonight, the swelling number of people out of work, that parallel catastrophe to the virus itself. the speed of layoffs, unprecedented. the pain being felt across the country. >> i know i was not prepared for this. >> never been put in this position before. never thought i would have to be in this position. >> reporter: all told, in just two weeks, nearly 10 million americans have filed for unemployment insurance. those numbers don't include the self-employed or the many americans who've been trying to apply but can't, like todd sayland in ft. lauderdale, florida, who lost his job as a server on march 17th. >> i immediately filed on their website, which took days honestly to file. >> reporter: after completing the initial paperwork after five days of trying, todd was told to check back on march 31st. he did. >> and everything is now still marked pending. so -- i know everybody probably is experiencing the exact same