>>
>> >>>
>> >>> A
>> >>> A PERSON HAS BEEN SH+@OT AN
KILLED BY DALLAS-FORT WORTH
POLICE THIS EVENING.
STRIKE BOY IT +@JUST HIT IN A
FLASH.
FLASH.
FLASH. WITHIN A MATTE FMINUTES, DFW
WAS LITTERED WITH DEBRIS.
HIGH WINDS WHIPPED THROUGH OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD+@S TODAY IHDAL
CONSEQUEC
CONSEQUEC
CONSEQUEC AND NO H LA N TH
RECOVERY BEGINS.
RECOVERY BEGINS. IT WILL BALONG ONE.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT PARTS
OF OUR AREA +@LOOK LIKE AT THIS
AREA.
AREA.
AREA. HOUR.
HOUR.
HOUR. AND
HOUR. AND YOUR TLAKU AND
EAST DALLAS.
EAST DALLAS. BARELY ANY LIGHT ON THE ROADS.
TONIGHT MORE THAN 300,000
CUSTOMERS ARTL WITHOUT
POWER.
POWER.
POWER. GETTING THE LIGHTS BACK ON
AGAIN IS GOING TO BE A MULTI-
DAY EVENT.
DAY EVENT. THEY ARE BRINGING IN POWER
CREWS FROM OTHER PLACES.
THERE IS DEBR ALL OVER THE
CITY OF DALLAS.
SO MUCH SO THAT 911 AND 311
HAVE BOTH BEEN INUNDATED WITH
CALLS TODAY.
CALLS TODAY. THE CITY IS ASKING CITIZENS TO
CALL 911 FOR EMERGENCIES ONLY,
AND 311 ONLY FOR DOWNED TREES,
FLOODING, AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS
THAT ARE OUT.
TH+@ERE ARE A BUNCH OF THOSE.
CHRIS LAWRENCE IS LEADING OUR
COVERAGE TONIGHT LIVE FROM EAST
DALLAS.
DALLAS.
DALLAS. CHRIS, YOU HAVE BEEN SEEING
DESTRUCTION ALL AR+@OUND YOU.
>> Reporter: JASON, IT STA+@RTE
+@
>> Reporter: JASON, IT STA+@RTE OUT AS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
IT SEEMED THAT JUST LIKE THAT
IT WASN'T.
IT WASN'T. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS RED OAK
BEHIND YOU.
BEHIND YOU. I AM SIX FEET TALL.
THIS GIVES YOU THE IDEA OF THE
TREE THAT WAS LITERALLY RIP IT
UP RIGHT OUT OF THE GROUND.
WE HAVE SEEN THIS THROUGHOUT
THE CITY.
THE CITY.
THE CITY. LIMBS DOWN ACROSS THE ROADS.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF +@PEOP
WI+@THOUT POWER.
WI+@THOUT POWER. YOU CAN SEE HOW CLOSE HIS
FAMILY CAME TO HAVING THIS TREE
COMPLETELY TEAR THEIR HOME AND
HAVE.
HAVE.
HAVE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS TREE
TRUNK, IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF
THE POWER OF THE STORM.
THE HIGHEST WINDS WE DETECTED
WERE AT LOVE FIELD.
THEY CLOCKED IN AT ABOUT 70
MILES PER HOUR.
THAT IS ALMOST THE SAME SPEED
AS A CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE.
SO FAST, SO STRONG, THAT PEOPLE
HAD NO TIME TO REACT WHEN A
CRANE CAME CRASHING DOWN INTO
THEIR APARTMENT HOLDING AT
UPTOWN.
UPTOWN.
UPTOWN. WE ARE BRINGING YOU COVERAGE AT
ALL ANGLES.
ALL ANGLES. KEVIN IS STANDING BY WITH ONE
SURVIVOR'S STORY.
SURVIVOR'S STORY. DAVID HAS AN UPDATE ON THE
SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSIO+@N AT E
ELAN CITY LIGHTS APARTMENTS.
HERE IS WHERE WE STAND RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. WE
NOW. WE KNOW ONE PERSON HAS BEEN
KILLED.
KILLED.
KILLED. FIVE OTHERS ARE IN+@JURED.
TWO OF THEM ARE IN CRITICAL
CONDITION.
CONDITION. THE BILLING HAS BEEN EVACUATED
THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE TH+@ERE A+@
NOW STAYING IN HOTELS.
HERE IS DAVID --
>> OH MY GOD!
THE CRANE IS FALLING OVER.
>> Reporter: IT IS THIS SHORT
VIDEO POSTED TO TWITTER THAT
HELPS EXPLAIN ALL OF THIS. +@
>> ALL THE LIGHTS STARTED
FLICKERING.
FLICKERING. THE ENTIRE BUILD+@ING SHOULD.
IT WAS VERY SCARY.
>> Reporter: IT IS ONLY FROM
THE AIR YOU CAN BEGIN TO GET A
SENSE OF HOW MUCH DAMAGE THE
ELAN CITY LIGHTS APARTMENTS
TOOK ON.
TOOK ON.
TOOK ON. >> I SAW THE CRANE AND M+@Y
HEART JUST STOPPED.
>> Reporter: AND THEN KEVIN
COLLINS RAN.
COLLINS RAN. DAVI+@D MENDOZA DIDN'T NEED TO
SEE IT.
SEE IT.
SEE IT. >> IT JUST SOU+@NDED LIKE THE
GNARLY+@ IS GROWL.
JUST THE DEEPEST, MOST SKETCHY
A SOUND OF EVERYTHING BREAKING.
>> Reporter: HE FIRST QUICKLY
WENT TO CHECK ON HIS CAR.
THAT IS WHEN HE REALIZ+@ED THE
CRANE FROM THE NEIGHBORING
BUILDING, UNDER CONSTRUCTION,
CUT THROUGH EVERY +@FLOOR OF TH
WORKING GARAGE.
WORKING GARAGE.
+@
+@ >>
+@ >> I
+@ >> I NOTICED THERE WAS A GUY
HALFWAY HANGING OUT OF HIS CAR.
AND I WAS LIKE -- OH, MAN.
>> Reporter: HE MANAGED TO HELP
HIS NEIGHBOR ESCAPE.
NOT EVERYONE DID.
OF THE SIX INJURED, DALLAS FIRE
RESCUE CONFIRMED AN ADULT
PERSON& I DID NOT SURVIVE.
TH+@EY WORK THROUGH THE EARLY
EVENING BEFORE CONFIRMING NO
ONE ELSE WAS TRAPPED IN STORE
INSIDE THE HIGH-PRICED.
MENDOZA KNOWS HE WAS LUCKY.
>> THAT THING CRAS+@HED RIGHT
THROUGH TWO LIVING ROOMS.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT WE HAVE
LEARNED THE OWNER OF THAT CRANE
IS A COMPANY CALLED BIGGE CRANE
OUT OF CALIFORNIA.
THEY TELL US THEY ARE MOBILIZING
PERSONNEL TO THE SITE TO TRY TO
FIND OUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED, AND
ASSIST AUTHORITIES IN THEIR
+@
ASSIST AUTHORITIES IN THEIR INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. THIS