RESCUERS
RESCUERS WERE ABLE TO FREE THEM. IT'S UNCLEAR THOUGH HOW
LONG THEY WERE TRAPPED INSIDE4@
FOR THE PAST THE HOUR TEN
NEWS FAMILY HAD BEEN IN
THE AREAS HARDEST HIT BY
HURRICANE4@ FLORENCE. THAT'S
RIGHT COLE SULLIVAN AND
STEPPING HAINES HAVE BOUNCED
AROUND THE CAROLINA COAST
WORKING WITH OUR SISTER
STATIONS AND YOU CAN4@ SEE
THEIR ALL THIS HAYS THAT THEY
WORKED AND WE HAVEN'T
THEIR ALL THIS HAYS THAT THEY WORKED AND WE HAVEN'T4@
HIGHLIGHT4@ED STEPHANIE SHOWS
US4@ HOW4@ THE STRENGTH OF
THE COMMUNITY CERTAINLY
STANDS4@ OUT TODAY. I'M
STEPHANIE HAINES REPORTING4@
HERE IN NEW BERN NORTH
CAROLINA NEW BERN IS ALONG
THE NEWS RIVER THATS4@ NEAR OF
THE COAST. BUT NOT ON
THE COAST OF THE ATLANTIC
OCEAN AND THE BIG STORY HERE
IS ALL THOSE IMAGES YOU'RE
SEEING OF THOSE4@4@ REST USE OF
PEOPLE IN FROM THEIR HOMES IN
NEED CHEST DEEP WATER THIS IS
HERE IN NEW BERN AT NOW ALL
THE WATER4@ TODAY MONDA4@Y HAS@
HAS RECEDED IN SAY WE HAVE A
BIT OF DRYNESS AND PEOPLE ARE
JUST ASSESSING THEIR DAMAGE
LOOKING AROUND TOWN AND
SEEING HOW THINGS ARE TURNING
OUT WE LEARN FROM CITY
OFFICIALS THAT THERE WERE A
FORTY THREE HUNDRED HOMES
DAMAGED AND MORE THAN THREE
HUNDRED BUSINESS IS4@ THE CITY
OFFICIALS SAID THAT THEY'VE
MADE MORE THAN EIGHT HUNDRED
RESCUES THIS IS IT OUT OF
THIRTY THOUSAND PEOPLE THEY
BEEN REALLY4@ USING THEM ENTRE
THIRTY THOUSAND PEOPLE THEY BEEN REALLY4@ USING THEM ENTRE@
NEW BERN STRONG THROUGHOUT
BEEN REALLY4@ USING THEM ENTRE@ NEW BERN STRONG THROUGHOUT4@
THIS WHOLE4@ STORM BEFORE
INFANT YOU CAN REALLY SEE
THAT TODAY4@ THE COMMUNITY HAS
REALLY COME TOGETHER FOR
HANDING OUT SUPPLIES4@ ARE
HELPING EACH OTHER CLEAN UP
AND T4@HIS IS TO THIS COMMUNITY
IS THEIR PRETTY4@ RESILIENCE
AND THEY ARE GONNA BOUNCE
BACK THEY SAY AND COME BACK
EVEN STRONGER THAN THEIR
FIRST4@ THREE HUNDRED AND4@ EIT
YEARS OF EXISTENCE THIS IS
KIND OF THE SITUATION HERE 4@IN
NEW BERN4@ NORTH CAROLINA. BACK
TO YOU. NATS WITCHY I'VE
HEARD OVER THE WEEKEND NEW
BERN4@ AT OLD COMMUNITY IN OLD
TOWN ON THE COAST. THIS
HURRICANE WAS UNPRECEDENTED
AT ONCE AGAIN THEY WILL PUSH
THROUGH BUT AS A REPORTER YOU
YOU COVER THE STORY THAT YOU
CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL TAKE ON
THE EMOTIONS THAT AT
THE PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING
HE YOUR CONFERENCE
ABSOLUTELY I MEAN THE VIDEO
THAT WE'VE SEEN
THE INTERVIEWS IT'S4@
THAT WE'VE SEEN THE INTERVIEWS IT'S4@4@
ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING AND
THAT CERTAINLY WEIGHS ON YOU4@
AS A JOURNALIST AS WELL
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE
WORKING LONG HOURS ON IN YOUR
YOU'RE SAYING THIS DAY AFTER
DAY AND CERTAINLY NOT EASY
TENNESSE REPORTER COLE
SULLIVAN SHARES4@ WHAT HIS
EXPERIENCE4@ HAS BEEN LIKE
THE STILL A LITTLE BIT LIKE
WE'VE TRAVELED THE ENTIRE4@
EASTERN SEABOARD IN THE LAST
WEEK FIRST TWO INTO NORFOLK
VIRGINIA SPOKE WITH EVACUEES
THEIR THEN DOWN SOUTH TO
THE OUTER BANKS NORTH
4@ CAROLINA TO NAGS HEAD WE WERE
AS THE HURRICANE CAME ASHORE4@
SINCE THEN WE'VE MOVED
INLAND TO CHARLOTTE OF THEM
REPORTING BOTH IN CHARLOTTE
NORTH CAROL4@INA AND IN SURE
R4@OSS SOUTH CAROLINA ALONG
THE GREAT PEE DEE RIVER WHICH4@
IS ALREADY BURST ITS BANKS
AND EXPECTED HAVE MORE
FLOODING IN THE COMING DAYS
ALONG THE WAY WE'VE SEEN
THE WIND IN THE RAIN4@ WITH
SEEN FLOODING WE SEEN
EVACUEES ONLY SEEN FIRST
RESPONDERS WORKING TO KEEP
EVERYBODY SAFE ALONG THE WAY
I THINK MY BIGGEST4@ TAKEAWAY
FROM THIS WHOLE EVENT4@ IS
THE POWER OF NATURE BOTH
THE WIND AND THE RAIN THAT4@
WE'VE SEEN FROM THIS POWERFUL
STORM BUT ALSO THE RESILIENCY
TODAY A SUNNY DAY AND WE SEEN
FLOODWATER STARTING GO DOWN
THIS CREEK HERE STILL PRETTY
HIGH THE MOST THE PLACE THAT
WE DROVE DOWN THIS ROAD
YESTERDAY4@ OVERFLOWING WATER
THE AND THE WATER LEVELS HAVE
RECEDED AND ITS ALMOST LIKE
HE WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED AT LEAST IN
THE PLACES THAT WE'VE DRIVEN
THROUGH ON ONE THING THAT'S
GIVEN US HOPE FOR FORGIVENESS
CLAUSE WARM THE WAY4@ REALLY
HELPED US OUT ALONG THE WAY I
GUESS I SHOULD SAY AS WE ARE
IN NAGS HEAD4@ NORTH CAROLINA
AS THE STORM CAME ASHORE
LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE TO EAT
AFTER WE DOING LIVE SHOTS ALL
MORNING WAIT4@ WATCHING
THE WIND AND THE RAIN WAS
ONLY ONE4@ PLACE OPEN IN
THE WHOLE ISLAND THIS SMALL
LITTLE4@ TAVERN BURGER PLACE
RUN BY A COUPLE BALLS SPORT
IN KNOXVILLE AND WORKING
THE ONLY PLACE OPEN IN
THE OUTER BANKS NOT PARTLY
ISLAND THAT4@ DAY SOME
VOLUNTEER SPIRIT KEEPING US
FED AND HEALTHY AND HAPPY4@4@ S
WE DO THIS REPORTER NOW HERE
YOU RAN INTO THE BALLS IN
THE MOST UNLIKELY OF PLACES
IN THE MIDST OF ARE HURRICANE
BUT THAT IS THE VOLUNTEER
SPHERE THEM A LITTLE THAT OF
COURSE COLE SULLIVAN AS WE
HEARD HIM SAY HE'S FELT LIKE
HE TRAVEL THE