CNN CNN Newsroom Live September 5, 2019 07:09:00
Helicopters, the first sign of any organized rescue effort to bring in help from outside this island. we thought perhaps that meant the airport here was functional or had re-opened. so we went to the airport and what we found was total devastation. we are on the runway at the freeport airport. it has been inaccessible for days. there was a river between. it looked like waves were crashing on this airport. look how destroyed it is right now. just about every side, 8 feet to 10 feet up has been levelled, ripped in, torn in. look at it now. i don't recognize it. there's not a wall standing. you t...