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Hands, forming human chains to remove debris piece by piece. george partlow joins me now on the line. he's the mexico city bureau chief for the "washington post." now, josh, you were in mexico city when the quake hit. what happened where you were? >> yes, i was in mexico city. i was in the southern part of the city in a named called coyocan, which generally fares better in earthquakes because it's better off. but even so my house, my office started swinging dramatically. the lamps. hanging from the ceiling were going like crazy. the wall separating my house from the neighbor was swaying. i ran...

Thank you for coming. >> thank you, chris. i want to make it clear, very much on my mind and in my heart is what's happening in houston and southeast texas and parts of louisiana. >> it has been, i have to say, one of the things that's been most remarkable is the just the sort of ad hoc flotilla of people that have used jet skis to small boats to big boats to kayaks to human chains to go out and it really does look like they've been doing most of the rescuing. it has essentially been the people of houston. >> well, this is very much a texas thing, not that it hasn't been done elsewhere in the ...

Most remarkable is the just the sort of ad hoc flotilla of people that have used jet skis to small boats to big boats to kayaks to human chains to go out and it really does look like they've been doing most of the rescuing. it has essentially been the people of houston. >> well, this is very much a texas thing, not that it hasn't been done elsewhere in the country. what you've seen on the television screen hour after hour are examples of duty, honor, bravery. police officers trying to get to work. this has been, i think, the optics out of houston with the mayor, mayor turner, and the police ch...

Can we go live? can we go live? are we shooting it? >> back behind the barricades. >> hordes of people were going to do everything in their power to prevent us from reaching the front door. they chanted, they screamed, lights went on. they formed human chains. we virtually had to push our way to the front door. >> the whole world is watching this. >> behind us, there was a riot going on. it was clearly organized resistance. >> stand way.

>> back behind the barricades. back behind the barricades. >> hoards of people were going to do everything in their power to prevent us from reaching the front door. they chanted, they screamed, lights went on. they formed human chains. we virtually had to push our way to the front door. >> the whole world is watching this. >> behind us, there was a riot going on. >> stay back. it was clearly organized resistance. >> stand back. >> i pounded at the door. federal agents were executing the search warrant, open the door, open the door. i had to give the order to breach the door. >> i clearly reme...