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When we found out about this at the central operating center, we immediately called the concordia, asking the captain how this happened. >> good evening, "costa concordia," do you have problems on board? >> affirmative. we have a blackout on board. we are checking the situation. >> the information that they provided was so vague that it left out amongst anyone who has experience with the sea. the operating center immediately triggered rescue vessel, knowing at that point that we were dealing with a cruise ship with 4,229 people on board, many patrol boats were sent from all over italy. >> we d...

For nearly three years now, sandy has literally welcomed us into his life and his brain. with open arms. >> how are you? >> what a treat. >> reporter: he's given us a rare glimpse into the actual experience of losing your memory. how are you? i mean, are you suffering? >> yeah. >> reporter: are you suffering? >> i'm suffering a lot. i often feel like in the front of my head that there's cotton stuffed in there. like an uncomfortable feeling in the front of my head. >> reporter: does it hurt? >> no. just like a pressure feeling. like this whirling sometimes confusion with that sensation in the ...

Just, you know, they will keep pulling on that thread until they figure out yes we need to go to the next step or this is washed out. the person is not the right, you know, age or whatever. but they are going to keep pulling strings until they find the person that they are looking for. >> don, your thoughts about what's going on right now at the operating center. >> well, i think there's a lot of things going on. i like the concept of yeah, they are going to be looking at every aspect and everything they can get but also the u.s. is going to be looking at and talking to counterparts overseas a...

We are joined by don borelli, joint terrorism task force. also with us is don clark, former head of the fbi in houston. mr. clark, mr. borelli, thank you for being with us. we would like a sense of what is going on at the joint operating center. don, we're getting reports, we got one from pete williams a few minutes ago that the fbi has been getting names called in. they don't have a matchup yet. where do you think things are going? >> they are getting names called in and jonathan mentioned about running through the databases. that's going to be one of the first steps. they are going to get na...

They had to take down the safety barriers to get to the injured. boylston is lined with metal safety barriers to keep the crowds back. all accounts are that the emts and first responders did an absolutely magnificent job of what had to be an out of nowhere event. my sense is now, having been around, is that the federal response is starting to take over from the local response. i think -- and i think don eluded to this earlier. as soon as they set up the joint operating center, then it's a federal investigation. the boston police, the ones i spoke to on the scene, they were very nervous, very j...