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Help. ems, we had mutual aid from at least 15 different ems services. we had about 30, you know, ambulances on scene, different hospitals sent over supplies. we had just a ton of help. it was really -- it was really great. >> i also want to bring in granbury's mayor pro tem. mayor, appreciate you joining us. can you give us the latest information? last we heard, seven people were still unaccounted for, is that correct? >> pardon me? i didn't understand. how many did you say was unaccounted for? >> last report we had was seven. >> yes, that's still the number there that we've got that's unaccou...

Together to help us. >> about how many people from last night are still hospitalized? >> we transferred out about 15 to dallas-ft. worth trauma centers. we actually hospitalized three that actually went to the o.r. and are still admitted to our icu. and the other ones were discharged. >> did you actually see the twisters yourself? >> i did not. i was actually -- i live about 45 minutes away and had just gotten home. we did actually have some tornadoes out by my area also, but as soon as i got the call, i came back and went back in to work. >> wow. how big of a facility do you have? how many fo...

>> i cannot sing the praises higher than for the ems services. they were there, tremendous ag d triaged patients, they brought them to hospitals to allow them to step up and take care of patients if they brought them all one place, that place would be overwhelmed. that didn't happen, because boston ems thinks about this, they are organized, they cannot be praised higher. >> do you think boston is unique in its ability to handle such a large-scale tragedy like this? >> no, i don't think so. i think most cities have systems for this and, you know, nothing is perfect, but most places try to antic...

They were getting false burglary alarms and false fire alarms. now with all the flooding suspended ems services here in charleston. we can show you some still pictures. this is from northwest of here where cars were submerged, and at least two water rescues have had to take place. they brought boats out, actually, to get people stuck in cars. they're telling people, stay home. there's no reason for you to come out. in fact, just about a minute before we went on the air, a car came down the street here. stopped. saw how deep the water is, and it is getting deep. backed up and turned around. peo...