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Continued their air evacuation. 10 additional passengers, a total of 48 taken by air to the local municipal airport. remaining passengers taken by sea to the local incident command post. >> those passengers who had to be medevac'd, do you know anything more as far as their condition at this point? >> i'm sorry, i don't have further information. >> i know you all are pretty much involved in the rescue effort. that apparently was very tough in rescuing those folks there because of the conditions. any indication now preliminary ideas as far as what may have caused this ferry accident? >> no the c...

Airport that's used by folks taking cruises from ft. lauderdale as well. commissioner bill bratton, former commissioner of new york police department, los angeles as well. commissioner, we continue to see scenes like this unfold. law enforcement, guns drawn. these are live pictures. you can see the heavy law enforcement presence, if you will. your assessment of this situation is that this is not something we should be overly alarmed about at this point, is that right? >> in response to these type of incidents, not only does the entity with primary jurisdiction, in this case the broward county ...

And in the case of humbelt, it was 75 lightning strikes in the same area burning in different directions, this's one fire. everything they know about fire behavior and the way things are supposed to go as far as california fires go, they have to throw out the window for this one. this rocky fire which is where we are. incident command post, this 63,000-acre fire is not following any of the rules. the winds are not taking it the direction that they're supposed to be at certain times of day. it is not what they expect. so it's baffling to behaviorists and the firefighters and the incident comman...

Weren't home either. so all of our immediate family was safe and sound and all of our neighbors are, are unhearturt. so it's truly a blessing this morning. >> where were you when the tornado touched down? >> i was actually at a law enforcement meeting in another jurisdiction when i got the initial phone call that the tornado warning was issued. >> and so what happened when you came home? when you came home to see the scene of what's happened to your town and your relatives' home and your home? >> well you know when i got here we immediately started an incident command post at the local fire de...

Station, and the weather you didn't expect, and so they had to be -- they is several thousand hours in that cockpit and they had several thousand combat hours in that cockpit. but they go through simulations for all kinds of situations that may come up whether it's weather, engine problems et cetera et cetera but it's standardsthe standards required for any soldier in the army to be a helicopter pilot, they met those over the years and they have to remain current. >> was there any call for help do you know when this broke out? >> i do not know that. i think the incident command post will look ...