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for holiday candies and i'm missing being with you guys on the couch. pete: i thought you missed us anyway, rachel. we mis-you and wish you were here. there's a big hole in the middle here. i can reach out and touch will. which is a little odd. we just showed it there, there's a some wine c conisour outside d that wine pairing will be a little chilly. will: enjoy the warm weather till you get up here tomorrow. i don't know, what are we going to be for halloween? we are something. pete: i'd been part of the initial discussions, ideation and i never got confirmation on what our costu c...

Coach, thank you for joining us this morning. i know this has been devastated for your team that many members of the team are -- have quit and their parents pulled them out. tell us exactly what happened. >> good morning. thank you for having me. normal practice and young gentleman tripped and when he landed he landed on a need and will his teammates came over running and screaming that he was hurt and when i walked over to him, he was in panic. at first he thought he was in trouble and i had to reassure him that he's not. his health and safety is more important than anything else. we kind of ...

Was able to assess what the needs truly were. and we're still on alert. and there's talk aut puerto rico, there's talk about the s. virgin islands. ther are multiple teams including through my university hospital in newark, new jersey, they're sending the new jersey task force down to the virgin island to help them restart their ems system. but look how long it's taken to get that. communications have been down, logistics are difficult in those situations. >> jeremy, i wonder what people were telling you there. obviously it's a horrible situation for everyone. the devastation is so extensive. ...

Alerted? >> our hospital was alerted through, obviously, the ems system that we have in the aurora area. we were immediately put on alert and activated our internal disaster program. have two emergency physicians working 24/7 in this department, and then we were able to activate as a level 2 trauma center four total trauma surgeons, two orthopedic surgeons, a neurosurgeon and two emergency physicians to the facility. >> doctor, i want to thank you for your time today. i know it's been a very busy morning for you. dr. frank lansville, director of emergency services at aurora medical center, and...