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Operations. this is the emergency response. we're actually on board this chopper here with customs and border protection air marine operations. john holman is one of those that's on board. i guess we're heading out to one of the areas that needs help. how do you feel about the mission? >> it's a good mission. we need to help any way we can, and that's really what we're here for. >> when you see the devastation, it's got to hit your heart. >> it's never easy. we did katrina, we did houston a couple years ago, puerto rico for maria. we do these all the time and it never gets easier. it really ma...

Sure people still trapped on abaco island are able to get off and get here as fast as possible. still they have their work cut out for them. we know when dorian hit abaco it had wind gusts upwards of 225 miles an hour and a sustained wind of about 175 miles an hour. meanwhile the storm surge was more than two stories high flattening a lot of buildings in the area. when we arrived here -- another chopper taking off right now -- you can see this is one of the volunteer helicopters. there is no military marking on that. there was another helicopter similar to that one a short time ago that took o...