THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
AND WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING
NEWS THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING.
A LARGE POLICE PRESENCE THIS
AFTERNOON AT NICHOLAS
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, SOUTHWEST
MIAMI-DADE.
RIGHT NOW, AFTER REPORTS OF A
THREAT AT THE HOSPITAL.
Reporter: WE ARE TOLD THAT
WE HAVE AERIAL RIGHT NOW OF
CHILDREN BEING EVACUATED FROM
THE HOSPITAL AS SOON AS WE
ARRIVED, WE SAW EMPLOYEES BEING
EVACUATED FROM THE HOSPITAL,
ALL TOLD THERE WAS A BOMB
THREAT.
THEY SEEMED TO BE VERY CALM,
DEPARTMENT HEAR ANYTHING
UNUSUAL, SEE ANYTHING UNUSUAL.
THEY WERE JUST TOLD TO GET OUT.
THEY WERE ALSO NOT ALLOWED TO
GET INTO CARS.
EMPLOYEES WERE JUST SITTING
AROUND, WAITING TO GO GET THEIR
CARS SO THEY CAN GET HOME AND
GO BACK TO WORK.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE FROM ABOVE,
THEM ACTUALLYEVACUATING
CHILDREN FROM THIS AREA.
LIKE I SAID, EVERYONE HAS BEEN
PRETTY CALM OUT HERE,
ESPECIALLY ONCE POLICE SAID
THAT THEY DON'T BELIEVE THERE
IS A VALID THREAT, JUST USING
EXTREME PRECAUTIONS IN THIS
SITUATION, SINCE WE ARE DEALING
WITH A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
NOW, ONE THING THAT I DID
BRIEFLY TALK TO A NEIGHBOR WHO
ALSO SAID SHE'S HEARING THE
SAME THING FROM EMPLOYEES THAT
THEY COME OUTSIDE, THAT IT WAS
A BOMB THREAT OR A SHOOTER,
BUT, AGAIN, SHOOTERS ARE
TELLING US THEY DO NOT BELIEVE
THAT THREAT IS VALID AT THIS
TIME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DETECTIVE DANIEL FERRIN IS
WITH THE MIAMI-DADE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
I KNOW YOUR DEPARTMENT GOT A
CALL AROUND 2:15 THIS
AFTERNOON.
TELL US ABOUT THE CALL AND WHAT
IS THE LATEST.
LIKE YOU SAID, WE DID
RECEIVE A CALL.
THE CALL WAS FOR NICKLAUS
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
THE THREAT WAS A POSSIBLE BOMB
THREAT AND AN ACTIVE SHOOTER AT
THE HOSPITAL.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S VERY SERIOUS
FOR US IN ANY TYPE OF SITUATION
BUT WHEN YOU BRING INTO THE
FACT THE HOSPITAL AND
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, FOR THAT,
WE TAKE IT EVEN A LOT MORE
SERIOUS, AS YOU CAN TELL.
WE ENGAGE IN THE HOSPITAL.
WE HAVE A LOT OF OFFICERS
RESPONDING.
YOU CAN TELL WE ARE USING ALL
OF OUR RESOURCES FROM CANINE TO
S.W.A.T., OUR AIR UNIT AND
MULTIPLE OFFICERS OUT THERE
MAKING SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN
ALL THE OCCUPANTS AT THE
HOSPITAL SAFE.
WHAT WE CAN SAY IS THAT, AS WE
HAVE BEEN TAKING PEOPLE OUT OF
THE HOSPITAL AND WITNESSES AND
OUR OWN OFFICERS THERE THAT
HAVE BEEN CLEARING THE
HOSPITAL, THERE HAS NOT OPINION
ANY TYPE OF INFORMATION OF ANY
TYPE OF SHOOTING AT THE
HOSPITAL.
OF COURSE, WE ARE TAKING EVERY
SINGLE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE
WHICH IS BASICALLY CLEARING THE
HOSPITAL AND GARAGES AND ALL
THE THE NEIGHBORS AREAS AROUND
THE HOSPITAL.
AND WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
IS THAT WE GIVE THE INFORMATION
TO MAINTAIN CALM, LISTEN TO THE
OFFICERS' COMMANDS.
RIGHT NOW, NOTHING HAS PANNED
IN A NEGATIVE WAY, WHICH IS
GREAT.
THAT'S HOW WE WANT IT.
BUT WE ARE TAKING EVERY
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE.
FROM WHAT WE HAVE SEEN,
EVERYTHING REMAINS CALM.
PEOPLE ON GROUND REMAIN CALM AS
THEY LEAVE THE HOSPITAL BUT
THIS IS A CHALLENGING SITUATION
BECAUSE IT'S A HOSPITAL AND
IT'S A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
PATIENTS HAVE MEDICAL NEEDS.
TELL US HOW YOU GO ABOUT
EVACUATING A HUGE OPERATION
LIKE THAT?
WELL, THAT GOES INTO PLAY
ANY TIME YOU SEE US DOING
EXERCISES, WHETHER THE NORTH
PART OF THECOUNTY OR OTHER
PARTS OF THE COUNTY.
WE TRAIN FOR LARGE SITUATIONS
THAT YOU SEE THAT THEY ARE
DOING AND THANKFULLY, AGAIN,
THE PEOPLE THERE AT THE
HOSPITAL ARE REACTING IN A
GREAT WAY.
THEY ARE LISTENING TO OUR
OFFICERS.
THEY ARE REMAINING CALM AND
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WANTED
PEOPLE TO DO IN THESE TYPES OF
SITUATIONS.
THANKFULLY, UP TO NOW, NOTHING
NEGATIVE HAS PANNED OUT OF
THIS.
EVERYTHING IS POSITIVE.
WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
TAKING EVERYPRECAUTIONARY MERE
OUR TO MERE -- MEASURE TO MAKE
SURE THATEVERYBODY IS SAFE.
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO NOT PUT
THIS IN CONTEXT TO WHAT WE HAVE
SEEN, EVENTS OF THE THE LAST
WEEK AND YESTERDAY.
OUR RESPONSE WOULD HAVE BEEN
THE SAME, REGARDLESS OF ANY
TYPE OF SITUATION THAT HAPPENED
PREVIOUSLY.
THAT'S A CALL THAT WE RECEIVED
AND OUR OFFICERS ARE
MAINTAINING THEMSELVES AS
PROFESSIONAL AS THEY ARE.
THAT'S EXACT HI WHAT THEY ARE
DOING.
THEY ARE PUTTING THEIR TRAINING
INTO EFFECT AND MAY GOING SURE
THAT OUR SITS CITIZENS REMAIN