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First of all you in the e.r. saving someone's life and you saving a kid who has been trapped in a flooded tunnel. >> yes. >> here you are. >> give me 260. >> charging. >> clear . >> okay. he's stable. clear. you hold on! you hold on! you hold on! >> so i like you emerging for the water. >> i asked for that in my contract. >> you said i want to come out a sa savior.
So smart. we talk about his new movie which is out a week from today, called ticket to paradise with julia roberts, his dear friend. we talk about that. we talk about the business. he was so smart. back in 1993, he was offered his own tv show on abc. it wasn't the name, but it was basically the george clooney show, or to be part of an ensemble on e.r. with michael crichton who wrote it and steven spielberg who was directing and he said i'm going there. and he just has been so canny throughout his career. we talk about his wife, amal, his kids. and we also talk about his clauses because outside...
You know, because i won't vote for something that i don't fully support. and there's certain aspects that right now i can't support. but i do support the concept. during the rioting back in 1990 as a 15 year old, i was working on the ambulance corps. i transported a photographer who had his camera smacked over his head to the hospital. i do remember going into the e.r., i remember seeing three or four teaneck police officers holding a different arm or a packet somewhere else where they were injured. i couldn't believe that this was my town and i couldn't believe the damage that was done. i thi...
Medical staff in these affected areas. >> good evening, pamela. it's enough to just have to deal with the aftermath of a hurricane, but really what happens is studies have shown that the medical illnesses that you're most at risk for from standing water, as you mentioned, typically happen after these waters accumulate. what happens is, as you mentioned, flood water actually contains chemicals, but they also contain sewage. so bacteria like e coli, salmonella. when i was at the e.r., i've seen trench foot. that is when your lower extremities are exposed to water for prolonged period of time and...
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 ...