>> THAT’S NOT TRUE. >> WE’RE GOING TO GO LIVE TO
PENSACOLA WHERE THE GOVERNOR IS
SPEAKING ON AN UPDATE ON A
SHOOTING AT THE NAVAL AIR
STATION.
STATION. >> THEY COME THROUGH HERE FOR
FLIGHT TRAINING AND SO THIS IS A
DARK DAY FOR A VERY GREAT PLACE.
I THINK IT NOT ONLY STRIKES AT
THE HEART OF COMMUNITY HERE IN
NORTHWEST FLORIDA BUT THROUGHOUT
THE NAVY AND AROUND THE WORLD
BECAUSE OF SO MANY PEOPLE WHO
HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS BASE
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
AND I KNOW THE PRESIDENT IS
ACTIVELY MONITORING IN THE WHITE
HOUSE AND THE THOUGHTS AND
PRAYERS GO OUT TO EVERYBODY.
WE AT THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAVE
ALREADY DISPATCHED SUPPORT.
OUR DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT SENT A MENTAL HEALTH
COORDINATOR TO TALK TO ANY OF
THE WITNESSES, ANY OF THE
VICTIMS, THE FAMILIES AND OFFER
WHATEVER SUPPORT THEY CAN GIVE.
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES HAS SENT A MOBILE
RESPONSE TEAM TO THE HOSPITAL.
WE HAVE FATALITIES BUT WE ALSO
HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE WOUNDED.
SOME LIKE THE DEPUTIES LOOK LIKE
THEY’RE GOING TO BE OKAY.
SOME ARE STILL IN SURGERY.
WE’RE PRAYING HARD FOR THOSE
FOLKS.
FOLKS. I THINK THERE’S GOING TO BE A
LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU
KNOW, THIS INDIVIDUAL BEING A
FOREIGN NATIONAL, BEING A PART
OF THE SAUDI AIR FORCE AND THEN
TO BE HERE TRAINING ON OUR SOIL,
TO DO THIS AND THE FBI IS
WORKING WITH DOD, THEY’RE
WORKING WITH THE ESCAMBIA COUNTY
SHERIFF’S TO ANSWER THOSE
QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS. ONE OF THE THINGS I TALKED TO
THE PRESIDENT ABOUT, GIVEN THIS
WAS A FOREIGN NATIONAL, THERE
WILL BE TIME TO DO THIS, BUT
OBVIOUSLY THE GOVERNMENT OF
SAUDI ARABIA NEEDS TO MAKE
THINGS BETTER FOR THESE VICTIMS
AND I THINK THAT THEY’RE GOING
TO OWE A DEBT HERE GIVEN THIS
WAS ONE OF THEIR INDIVIDUALS.
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THE
RESPONSE THAT WE SAW FROM THE
DEPUTIES OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY.
SOME OF THE ACTIVE DUTY
PERSONNEL RESPONDING TO THE
SCENE.
SCENE. YOU’LL HEAR MORE IN-DEPTH SOME
OF THESE STORIES, BUT I CAN TELL
YOU LIVES WERE SAVED BECAUSE OF
THE RESPONSE OF PEOPLE BOTH IN
UNIFORM, THE NAVY IN UNIFORM,
WITH ESCAMBIA COUNTY.
ON ONE OF THE DARKEST DAYS OF
THE BASE’S HISTORY, YOU STILL
SAW SOME OF THAT BRAVERY AND
GRIT COME OUT AND EVEN PEOPLE
WHO HAD BEEN WOUNDED THEMSELVES
THINKING ABOUT OTHERS AND WHAT
COULD BE DONE TO SAVE OTHERS.