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everywhere. i've never seen damage like this in my whole life. it's unreal. >> reporter: boats tossed like toys. the lone bridge connecting the island cracked and crumbled with the storm's winds putting some sections totally under water. >> we had about 200 households that didn't evacuate on the island that we know of. >> reporter: anyone still trapped on the isolated island now waiting for rescue by boat or air. we joined the lee county sheriff as he surveyed some of the hardest hit areas to see the full scope of ian's power. >> you know that as we are speaking right now, there are ...

To water supplies as well. joining us now is president and ceo of sarasota memorial health care system, david beringer. thanks for being with us today. what is the state of your hospitals? we've heard stories of some having to go offline effectively and send their patients to other hospitals while they repair power and get water into those facilities. what about your hospitals this morning? >> willie, we're actually in very good shape this morning. we have two hospitals, one our trauma center, large tertiary care center in the city of sarasota. we are open and seeing patients. the other is the...

Exactly? i know you all have a network, so lee and collier county, if their hospitals are in trouble, it kind of kicks in, doesn't it, where you all begin to semitheir patients, triage them, absorb them into your system? >> it does. obviously, they have a lot of patients that are down there and a lot of needs that are down there. so they certainly can transfer their patients to us, but it would overwhelm our system as well. so there is a statewide response to get their patients to other places. i've been in contact with their ceo, dr. larry antonucci, a good friend, and we have been trying to ...