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When we were there on the ground in st. thomas and st. john, one of the things we saw ubiquitous, presence of the u.s. army, military. saul a lot more of them than fema tarps. what is the status of recovery and is there significant army presses on the ground and is fema there? >> yes, fema is here and troops from 30 states, but a good number playing a support role and then a good number that are augmenting our police force in terms of security as military police. i was touched by the opening piece in terms of the resiliency of the people here. we are, we've got about probably -- 15 to 1,8 blue...

Islands of st. thomas and st. john, a local hospital devastated by irma and then maria. i found its staff responding with incredible grace under pressure putting the needs of their community above their own. take a look. >> it was like a tornado inside of this area, and the staff -- everyone took the patient, put them on a mattress, four person to each end and we slide them down the stairs. >> reporter: you had to slide them down the stairs on mattress? >> on a mattress, quickly, because we did not know the rest of the unit would be compromised, and they slide the patients down on to the labor...

Electrical, communication, data. the whole nine yards. >> all of this falling as we were moving the patients? >> all falling as we moved patients. made a decision, 20 wheelchairs ready to evacuation. the decision made, felt the window was unsafe. shut off the two doors, the fire doors and evacuated horizontally. >> reporter: this is the only hospital? right? this is it? >> the only hospital serving the st. john and st. thomas direct, getting essentially patients from all over st. john and st. thomas here? >> including other islands. >> bringing people here. >> yeah. >> reporter: operating 24/7...