I'M
I'M DEBORAH KNAPP DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW AT 10:00. A PLANE
CARRYING CORONA VIRUS EVACUEES
JUST ARRIVED IN SAN ANTONIO AND
A SECOND PLANE IS EXPECTED TO
LAND HERE TOMORROW.
THE PASSENGERS ARE TO BE
QUARANTINED AT LACKLAND AIR
FORCE BASE THE FIRST PLANE
TOUCHED DOWN AT KELLY FIELD
AFTER 8:00 TONIGHT. YOU CAN SEE
WORKERS IN PROTECTIVE GEAR
USHERING THOSE PASSENGERS OFF
THE PLANE ONTO BUSES BOUND FOR
LACKLAND. THOSE BUSES PULLED
OUT OF KELLY FIELD WITHIN
THE LAST TWO MINUTES. THESE ARE
PEOPLE WHO WERE EVACUATED FROM
THE GRAND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP.
MORE THAN A DOZEN ONBOARD
TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE CORONA
VIRUS BUT NONE OF THOSE SICK
PEOPLE WERE TRANSFERRED HERE.
WE'RE BRINGING YOU LIVE TEAM
COVERAGE OF THIS NEW WAVE OF
EVACUEES EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER ROXIE BUSTAMANTE JOINS
US LIVE AT LACKLAND. BUT WE
BEGIN WITH EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER HENRY RAMOS LIVE AT
KELLY FIELD. HENRY DEBORAH WHAT
A JOURNEY IT HAS BEEN FOR THESE
EVACUEES JUST SECONDS TO GO
JUST LEFT THE RUNWAY HERE AT
KELLY FIELD I'M ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE FENCE BUT I WANT TO
TAKE YOU UP TO SEE THE PLANE
WHERE THEY ARRIVED YOU CAN SEE
THAT IS THE PLANE THAT WAS
CARRYING THESE PASSENGERS WE'RE
TOLD LESS THAN A HUNDRED OF
THEM ON BOARD. THIS MAKES
THE THIRD WAVE OF EVACUEES
COMING TO SAN ANTONIO SINCE
THE START CORONA VIRUS
OUTBREAK. AND NOW THOSE
PASSENGERS THEY'RE ON THE MOVE.
THEY'RE IN BUSES JUST LEAVING
SECONDS AGO ON THEIR WAY TO
LACKLAND AND WE'RE TOLD THAT
MORE ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE
TOMORROW SO HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW
ABOUT THESE AMERICANS WHO WERE
ON THE GRAND PRINCESS CRUISE
SHIP. THE CDC SAYS WE COULD
RECEIVE UP TO 380 EVACUEES
ACCORDING TO GOVERNOR ABBOTT.
NINETY ONE ARE TEXANS THE CDC
TELLING US TONIGHT THE OTHERS
ARE FOR MORE THAN A DOZEN
STATES. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO
NOTE HERE FEDERAL OFFICIALS SAY
THESE EVACUEES ARE NOT SHOWING
SYMPTOMS OF THE CORONA VIRUS?
HOWEVER THEY WERE ON A SHIP
WHERE PEOPLE WERE CONFIRMED TO
HAVE AT LAST CHECK MORE THAN 20
CONFIRMED CASES. NOW ACCORDING
TO OUR MAYOR RON NUREMBURG WHO
WAS IN AUSTIN IN FRONT OF STATE
LAWMAKERS TODAY THE CITY HAD
ZERO IDEA HOW MANY WERE COMING
HERE. HE MADE IT CLEAR WHILE
THE RISK REMAINS LOW TO
THE PUBLIC. FEDERAL HEALTH
OFFICIALS NEED TO LISTEN TO OUR
LOCAL LEADERS FOR THE SAFETY OF
ALL OF US HERE IN THE CITY. NOW
HE SAYS IF SOMEONE ENDS UP
TESTING POSITIVE THEY NEED TO
REMAIN ON BASE. ALL RIGHT. NOW
IN TERMS OF THE SECOND PLANE
ACCORDING TO ITS FLIGHT PATH IT
IS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE IN SAN
ANTONIO BUT HAS NOT TAKEN OFF
FROM OAKLAND JUST CHECKED A FEW
MINUTES AGO. NOW THE CDC
TELLING US TONIGHT THERE WON'T
BE AS MANY ON THIS SECOND PLANE
AS THE FIRST. BUT AS OF NOW IT
IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE SOMETIME
TOMORROW. NOW DEBORAH I WILL
TELL YOU FROM AN EYEWITNESS
STANDPOINT REALLY INTERESTING
TO SEE THE LAYOUT ON THE RIVAL
THAT THESE EVACUEES SEEN THAT
THEY WERE WEARING MASKS AND
THAT THEY USED A U-HAUL RENTAL
TRUCK TO REMOVE SOME OF
THE LUGGAGE AND AS I MENTIONED
JUST A FEW SECONDS AGO WISH YOU
COULD SEE IT. THEY LOADED UP ON
THE BUSES AND THEY'RE ON THEIR
WAY TO LACKLAND. THAT'S GOING
TO BRING IN MY COLLEAGUE ROXIE
BUSTAMANTE WHO IS BRINGING US
TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT ROXIE.
THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY TO YOU
HENRY AND WE WERE JUST A COUPLE
OF MINUTES AHEAD OF THEM SO WE
KNOW THAT THEY'RE EXPECTED TO
PASS HERE AND GET TO JAY JAY
BSA LACHLAN HERE IN JUST A FEW
MINUTES. NOW WHY I'M KIND OF
YOU KNOW RUSHING RIGHT NOW IS
BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF
ACTIVITY THAT'S HAPPENING HERE
AND I'M JUST STANDING OUTSIDE
IN THE PARKING LOT OF
THE VISITOR'S CENTER USUALLY
IT'S PRETTY QUIET. YOU ONLY SEE
A COUPLE CARS PASSING THROUGH
BUT WE'VE HAD SOME AMBULANCE.
WE ALSO HAVE SAN ANTONIO FIRE
PERSONNEL WHO'VE BEEN ON
STANDBY HERE. SO WE'RE SEEING A
LOT OF MOVEMENT. WE'RE
EXPECTING THOSE CHARTER BUSES
TO COME THROUGH MOMENTARILY AND
FOR THEM TO BE ESCORTED. NOW
AGAIN LIKE YOU SAID IT'S JUST
BEEN TWO HOURS SINCE THAT PLANE
LANDED HERE AT KELLY FIELD AND
THOSE PASSENGERS HAVE BEEN
WAITING TO BE TRANSPORTED HERE
THEY'LL BE IN QUARANTINE FOR 14
DAYS AGAIN THAT'S ABOUT TO
WEEKS AND THOSE WHO ARE SICK OR
STARTING TO SHOW SYMPTOMS WILL
BE TRANSPO WARDED OFF BASE
POSSIBLY TO LOCAL HOSPITALS.
NOW THAT'S ACCORDING TO CDC WHO
JUST GAVE US THAT UPDATE
TONIGHT. NOW MANY INCLUDING
THE MAYOR JUDGE NELSON WOLFF
AND CONGRESSMAN LLOYD DOGGETT
HAVE ALL VOICED CONCERNS ABOUT
PATIENTS BEING TRANSPORTED OFF
BASE FOR TREATMENT SAYING THAT
IT COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF
POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO STAFF AND
THE RESPONSE TEAM NOT LIKE YOU
SAID HENRY EARLIER JUST A
COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO THAT
THE STAFF WAS COMPLETELY GEARED
UP AND MEN AND WOMEN HERE AGAIN
WERE JUST WAITING MOMENTS AWAY
FROM THOSE CHARTER BUSES TO
COME HERE FOR THEM TO START
THAT QUARANTINE. OF COURSE
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