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>> jesse: oh! >> kennedy: [laughs] if you had a beard, you can open this. >> jesse: kennedy? >> kennedy: we talked about the fires in california and the firefighters being sent to and from different states. there is a group of comfort dogs that are gathered, ruthie, emma, ♪ jacob, hannah, lois, the lc >> geraldo: i come on so they canine comfort dogs, they stood with their handlers to wait on play ricky martin? [laughter] >> greg: weren't you in the those incredible firefighters and give them hugs and kisses. original menudo? even these brave heroes who are going to save lives and homes and ...

>> yes. i was on the ground, on my knees and doing this, i hit my head on the back. >> it's not only children and not only victims that comfort dogs visit. many of the doctors and nurses want to see them too. courtney who broke her arm before the tornado said she got to visit with two comfort dogs. >> lila's only nine months old, she's a puppy, she's the same size as ruthie. >> i think she was a little smaller. >> she's still bigger than you. >> true. >> maybe next time she can come standing on two legs and walk-through the dog. >> comfort dogs have comforted courtney and plenty of other victi...

And this is lila. lila is the youngest of the group. she's only 9 months old. she's in training. these dogs are trained by lutheran church charities, only the most obedient and docile dogs qualify. they show up at national disasters to help comfort victims. 8-year-old courtney brown, a second grade student at the plaza towers elementary school, fractured her skull in the tornado. >> this is ruthie. courtney went to the same school where seven other children were killed. >> courtney's dad sits beside his daughter so grateful she's alive and able to talk to ruthie and ruthie's handler. >> i'm so...

I was on the ground, i was on my knees and doing this, and i hit my head on the back and here. >> there you go. >> reporter: but it's not only children and not only victims the comfort dogs visit. many of the doctors and nurses want to see them, too. courtney, who broke her arm before the tornado, said she got to visit with two comfort dogs. ruthie and lila. lila is only 9 months old. she's a puppy, she's the same size as ruthie. isn't that amazing? >> i think she was a little smaller. >> reporter: she's still small but bigger than you. >> true. if she was on two legs. >> reporter: maybe next ...

Them every single step of the way. that's who we are and that's how we treat our family and friends and our neighbors wherever they are in the country. we're going to help them recover, we're going to help them rebuild for as long as it takes. and eventually life will go on. and new memories will be made. and new laughter will come, new songs will be sung. >> and a lot of places in moore, new memories are already being made thanks to a special group whose job it is to be the calm after the storm, comfort dogs. gary tuchman was with them as they visited some of the youngest victims of the torna...