CONSTANTLY BEING UPDATED. YOU CAN FIND ALL THE INFORMATION AT KSAT DOT COM.
NOW WE STILL HAVE SEVERAL CREWS
IN THE UVALDE AREA GETTING THE
LATEST INFORMATION ON THE
SHOOTING. ALSO HELP FROM THE
COMMUNITY. AND THEY’RE ALSO
SHARING THE STORIES OF THOSE
WHO ARE REALLY AFFECTED BY THIS
TRAGEDY. LET’S GO RIGHT NOW TO
OUR STEVE SPRIESTER WHO WAS AT
THE HERBIE HAND ACTIVITY
CENTER. STEVE ARE THERE ALONG
WITH LEIGH WALDMAN. WE
UNDERSTAND THIS IS AN AREA
WHERE A BLOOD DONATION HAS
POPPED UP.
>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED
AT 5 O’CLOCK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THIS COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER
TO HEAL. THEY’RE ALSO COMING
TOGETHER TO TO STEP OUT OF
FRAME NOW BECAUSE THIS IS A
BLOOD DRIVE THAT BEGAN AT
08:00AM THIS MORNING WITH THE
SOUTH TEXAS BLOOD AND TISSUE
CENTER. SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT
YOU SEE SITTING BEHIND ME, THEY
HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 9 THIS
MORNING. THEY ARE STILL WAITING
TO GIVE BLOOD. THIS WAS
SUPPOSED TO SHUT DOWN AT 2
O’CLOCK BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE
WERE HERE. THEY’RE KEEPING IT
OPEN UNTIL THEY GET ALL THE
PEOPLE THAT HAD APPOINTMENTS
IN. LIKE I SAID, THESE ARE
PEOPLE WHO’VE BEEN HERE SINCE
9 THIS MORNING. NOW SOME OF
THEM UP FROM THE VALLEY.
YES, SOME OF THEM ARE ALSO FROM
EAGLE PASS. THERE’S EVEN A FEW
PEOPLE HERE WHO PAID THE DRIVE
DOWN FROM SAN ANTONIO TO HELP
OUT UVALDE. AND I WANT TO GIVE
YOU SOME FACTS ABOUT SAN
ANTONIO AND HOW THEY HAVE
HELPED OUT IN UVALDE. THE SAN
ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT SENT
SEVERAL PERSONNEL OVER 2 MEDIC
OFFICERS, 3 MEDICAL UNITS AND A
MEDIC SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIT,
15 UNITS OF WHOLE BLOOD FLOWING
TO THE SCENE FROM SAN ANTONIO,
A PEER SUPPORT TEAM OF 5
MEMBERS IN A SAN ANTONIO FIRE.
DEPARTMENT PSYCHOLOGIST WAS
ALSO DEPLOYED.
>> AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BLOOD
DRIVE HERE TODAY ALONE, THEY
HAVE TAKEN IN SO AROUND 100
PEOPLE THAT HAVE GIVEN BLOOD
HERE IN ALL OF THE SOUTH, TEXAS
BLOOD AND TISSUE AREAS IN THEIR
LOCATIONS, THEIR OFFICES,
THEY’VE HAD MORE THAN 800
PEOPLE. THEY ARE BOOKED THROUGH
NEXT WEDNESDAY. THAT IS HOW
GREAT THE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT
HAS BEEN TO TRY TO HELP THE
PEOPLE HERE IN NEW VALLEY.
NOW, LET ME GIVE YOU A NUMBER.
YOU CAN CALL 2, 1, 0, 7, 3, 1,
2, 5, 5, 9, 0. OR WE ALSO HAVE
THIS INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON
KSAT DOT COM. IF YOU WANT TO
MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AGAIN,
THEY’RE BOOKED THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. SO YOUR APPOINTMENT
WOULD BE AFTER NEXT WEDNESDAY.
BUT AGAIN, IT’S ALSO VERY
IMPORTANT FOR THOSE OF US THAT
HAVE ALREADY MADE APPOINTMENTS
FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE
PLANNING ON HELPING OUT TO SHOW
UP. BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY
PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GIVE BLOOD
RIGHT NOW. PLEASE SHOW UP AS
YOU’RE APPOINTED TIME NOW,
LEIGH WALDMAN AND I HAVE BEEN
OUT AND ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY
WE HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL
PEOPLE AND I TALKED TO A COUPLE
LEE EARLIER. THERE WERE.
THEY’VE LIVED IN THE VALLEY ALL
THEIR LIVES. THEIR QUESTION,
HOW DO YOU PUT BACK? HOW DO YOU
PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER WHEN
THEIR PIECES WE TALK TO THESE
LADIES EARLIER. HERE’S A LITTLE
BIT OF WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY.
>> HOW MANY TEARS HAVE YOU TO
SHIP? I COULDN’T SLEEP LAST
NIGHT. I STILL DO.
THIS IS ALL WE CAN TO SPRING
YET.
>> PRAISE MEAL AND AND YOU
KNOW, HOPEFULLY THESE YOUNG
KIDS WILL LEARN SOMETHING FROM
THIS.
♪
THIS. ♪ >> ONE OF THOSE GRANDMOTHERS
TOLD ME. ONE OF THOSE
GRANDMOTHERS TOLD ME THAT ONE
OF THE VICTIMS IN THIS SHOOTING
WAS ACTUALLY AT HER HOUSE LAST
WEEKEND FOR HER GRANDDAUGHTER’S
BIRTHDAY PARTY. HER
GRANDDAUGHTER KNEW HER VERY
WELL. SHE HAD SO MUCH FUN.
SHE WAS FULL OF LIFE AND THAT
GRANDMOTHER SAYS IT’S HARD TO
BELIEVE RIGHT NOW THAT THAT
LIFE IS GONE. AND THAT’S A
SENTIMENT THAT YOU HEAR FROM SO
MANY PEOPLE AROUND HERE AS THEY
RAISE OF THE PLACARDS. REMEMBER
THEIR NAMES, YOU VALLEY STRONG
ROBB ELEMENTARY WILL RISE.
IT’S AMAZING TO SEE HOW MANY
PEOPLE THEY SAY EVERYONE HERE
IS CONNECTED BECAUSE HE’S NOT A
VERY BIG TOWN. EVERYONE HERE
KNOWS SOMEONE SOMEHOW AND
THEY’RE ALL FEELING THIS PAIN
LIKE IT WAS THEIR OWN LOVED
ONE.
>> WHO PASSED WAS KILLED DURING
THIS HORRIFIC TRAGEDY. WE WANT
TO SHOW YOU SOME VIDEO ACTUALLY
FROM ROB ELEMENTARY FROM
EARLIER TODAY. THAT VIDEO SHOWS
YOU THAT OFFICERS ARE TAKING
FLOWERS FROM MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY, LAYING THEM ON THIS
SCHOOL SIGN AT ROBB ELEMENTARY.
THERE’S BALLOONS LINING THE
FENCE FOR EACH OF THE PEOPLE
KILLED 19 CHILDREN TO TEACHERS
HEADING INTO THAT ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL. SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS
COMMUNITY.
>> TAKING THIS MOMENT TO STOP
AND SEE THAT SCHOOL TO MAKE
THIS FEEL REAL. WE SPOKE WITH
CONSUELO 100 GUESTS TODAY.
SHE WENT TO ROBB ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL AND SHE GREW UP NOT FAR
AWAY FROM THE SCHOOL AS WELL
SINCE SINCE THEN, SHE’S MOVED
TO SAN ANTONIO. NOW SHE IS BACK
AGAIN. SHE SAYS SHE FEELS
CONNECTED AND FEELS EVERYONE
ELSE’S LOSS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
>> EVERYBODY IS VERY TIGHT KNIT
HERE.
AND TO SEE AND HAVE PHONE CALLS
AND MESSAGES LEFT AND RIGHT
YESTERDAY ABOUT EVERYTHING
GOING ON AND PEOPLE CAN’T FIND
THEIR BABIES.
A LOT OF MY FRIENDS LOST
COUSINS AND NIECES CITY AND
THEIR OWN KIDS. YOU KNOW.
IT’S JUST HEARTBREAKING.
♪
>> WE HAVE SEEN HERE, STEVE, IS
THESE KIDS ARE JUST THE KIDS
AND THEIR PARENTS. THEY ARE
THE COMMUNITIES, CHILDREN, THE
TEACHERS, THOSE ARE THE
COMMUNITIES, TEACHERS AND AND
RICA’S TOLD ME SHE SAID THE
ONLY SILVER LINING HERE IN THE
SITUATION IS THE FACT THE
COMMUNITY IS COMING IN TOGETHER
AND SAY WE’RE GOING TO GET
THROUGH THIS TOGETHER. OUR LOVE
WILL CONQUER THAT PERSON’S
HATE. AND I THINK THE SENSE OF
COMMUNITY, AT LEAST IN MY
OPINION, WHAT I’M FEELING HERE
GOES BEYOND THAT. THE VALLEY
RIGHT NOW, LIKE I SAID, PEOPLE
BEHIND US THAT WILL BECOME THE
BEST OF FRIENDS. WHEN YOU GO
PAST FROM UVALDE FROM SAN
ANTONIO. I MEAN, THEY’RE ALL
COMING TOGETHER. AND I ASKED
THAT THE 2 LADIES, THE THE
LONG-TIME RESIDENT OF THE
VALLEY, THEY WERE THE ONE
AROUND THE COMMUNITY. AND THEY
SAID, OH, YES, DON’T ANY CALLS