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The state more representing that district. he was on the valley transportation authority bored. and cindy chavez a santa clara county supervisor. thanks for joining us. i'm so sorry about what's happening in your community and the grief everyone is feeling. david we spoke to you yesterday in the hours right after this, i know you were quite concerned about your friends and colleagues. you in fact had been trying to reach one of them, the head of the union. and i know that his name is john courtney and he survived. i guess you were able to make contact. did you lose people who were close to you...

To be proactive, able to spot it before it happens and thin we invariably find out there were signs. supervisor chavez, i know you say there had been an active shooting training. this is what of course all of our lives have come to is that we have to engage in these because we -- any of us could be victims at any time. but you do credit that with saving lives. >> yes, i do. and also that the sheriffs were able to get on site to quickly in part because of the proximity that the sheriff's headquarters is right next to the guadalupe light rail yard where it occurred. they were there so quick and ...

Santa clara county. my heart and prayers go out to all the family and friends of the eight members, eight vta employees that passed away this morning. i have ordered the flags to be lowered to half mast in order to honor the people that have passed today. i hope each and every person listening to this broadcast includes these eight people in their prayers tonight. thank you very much. supervisor chavez. >> first, i wanted to say also my heart is just really broken for these families. i want to remind everybody that these folks were heroes during covid-19. the buses never stopped running, vta n...

Reunification center is inside. i've been in there talking with different employees. it's just very difficult for everyone to try to wrap their heads around and understand what has happened. i just want to say again, i'm so sorry for what's occurred, but i'm very proud of our vta employees. thank you. [ inaudible question ] >> reporter: how many were hospitalized. >> i don't have that information [ inaudible question ] >> i don't have any of that information right now. >> reporter: was there an event going on? a meeting? next we're going to introduce president mike wasserman from the county ...

Santa clara county. my heart and prayers go out to all the family and friends of the eight members -- eight vta employees that passed away this morning. i've ordered the flags to be lowered to half mast in order to honor the people that have passed today. and i hope each and every person that is listening to this broadcast includes these eight people in their prayers tonight. thank you very much. supervisor chavez. >> first i wanted to say also my heart is just really broken for these families, and i just want to remind everybody that these folks were heroes during covid-19. the buses never st...