THAT WEBSITE TO FIND WAYS TO GIVE BACK, OK, WE’RE LIKE 10 SECONDS.
IT WAS A HORRIFIC.
>> TRAGEDY THAT WE WITNESSED
LAST NIGHT ON A REMOTE STRETCH
OF SOUTHWEST SAN ANTONIO ROAD
51 IS THE DEATH TOLL RIGHT NOW.
A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO DIED
AS A RESULT OF BEING PACKED
INTO THE BACK OF A SEMI TRUCK.
MAYOR RON NIRENBERG JOINS US
NOW. HE WAS OUT THERE LAST FOR
THE BRIEFING THAT HAPPENED A
LITTLE AFTER 9 O’CLOCK. MISTER
MAYOR, YOUR EMOTIONS, THEN.
>> BEING ON THAT SCENE AND AND
WHAT YOU’RE WHAT YOU’RE FEELING
NOW.
>> WELL, IT’S IT’S IT’S
HORRIFIC. YOU KNOW, YOU TRY TO
UNDERSTAND IT FROM A
HUMANITARIAN PERSPECTIVE.
YOU KNOW, THESE ARE 50
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD FAMILIES.
MANY OF WHOM, YOU KNOW, ARE
GRIEVING THEMSELVES. MANY
POSSIBLY DON’T KNOW THE STATUS
OF THEIR LOVED ONE AND KNOWING
THAT FOLKS CLIMBED INTO THE
BACK OF THIS TRAILER HOPING TO
LIKELY GO TO A BETTER PLACE.
AND THIS THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE OBVIOUSLY IN
THE MIDST OF A FEDERAL
INVESTIGATION. WE KNOW THAT
3 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BROUGHT INTO
FEDERAL CUSTODY. WE DON’T KNOW
NECESSARILY YET IF THEY ARE
CONFIRMED TO HAVE BEEN
INVOLVED. BUT WHOEVER SUBJECTED
TO THESE PEOPLE TO SUCH
INHUMANE CONDITIONS DESERVES
TO BE AND WE HOPE WILL BE
BROUGHT TO FULL JUSTICE AND
WILL BE PROSECUTED TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW.
>> TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT
INVESTIGATION. OBVIOUSLY, LOCAL
AUTHORITIES WERE THE FIRST TO
RESPOND, BUT NOW IT IS AT THE
HANDS, A FEDERAL AUTHORITIES.
SO IS THERE ANY LOCAL
INVOLVEMENT WHATSOEVER AT THIS
POINT IN THAT INVESTIGATION?
>> YOU LOCAL EFFORTS OBVIOUSLY
WE’RE FIRST TO RESPOND TO FIRE
DEPARTMENT POLICE YEAH. MESS
PROVIDING IMMEDIATE MEDICAL
ASSISTANCE AND TRANSPORT TO
LOCAL 8 ASIDE FEDERAL.
TEAMS WERE A VERY QUICK TO TAKE
OVER THE INVESTIGATION AND WILL
FROM FROM HERE ON OUT THE LOCAL
RESPONSE CONTINUES TO BE
MEDICAL, WE KNOW THAT THERE
ARE MANY FOLKS STILL IN THE
HOSPITAL AND OUR EFFORT AS
ALWAYS.
AND WITH HUMANITARIAN RELIEF.
AND FOR THAT, WE’RE GRATEFUL
FOR A COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITY
THAT CONTINUES TO RESPOND.
YOU KNOW, YOU’RE IN THE COMING
DAYS WILL SEE EFFORTS TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE HUMANITY OF ALL
THIS IS IS RECOGNIZED AND
UNDERSTOOD. THE ARCHDIOCESE IS
ALREADY PLANNING A
COMMEMORATIVE MASS, I BELIEVE
ON THURSDAY AT 07:00PM AT THAT
SAN FERNANDO. BUT THEY’LL BE
ONGOING EFFORTS, OBVIOUSLY, TO
GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT
HAPPENED, BUT ALSO DO WHAT WE
DO. IT’S SAN ANTONIANS, WHICH
IS TO HELP PEOPLE IN NEED.
AND THAT’S WHAT I WANT TO WANT
TO TALK ABOUT. YOU KNOW, WE
TALKED WE TALKED ABOUT IT AFTER
UVALDE. WE’VE TALKED ABOUT IT
AFTER A SEVERAL UP TRAGEDIES
THAT WE’VE WE’VE.
>> COME IN CONTACT WITH.
HOW CAN THE AVERAGE SAN
ANTONIAN HELP RIGHT NOW?
>> AS SAN ANTONIANS HAVE BEEN
POURING OUT THEIR HEARTS AND
ALL OF THESE TRAGEDIES THAT
WE’VE EXPERIENCED OVER THE LAST
SEVERAL MONTHS AND AND GO OVER
THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS. AND
THERE’S ALWAYS WAYS THAT PEOPLE
CAN HELP. AND ONE OF THE FIRST
THINGS I WOULD
DO IS IS URGE YOU TO GO TO
SACRED DOT ORG SA CRD DOT ORG.
IT’S AN INITIATIVE
BY OUR COMPASSIONATE ESSAY,
COLLABORATION, ALONG WITH OUR
FAITH PLAYS ON OUR FAITH
COMMUNITY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
IT’S
A COMPILATION OF RELIEF EFFORTS
AND NONPROFITS, ORGANIZATIONS
THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO OTHER
PEOPLE IN NEED. AND AND THERE’S
A THERE’S A PLACE FOR ANYONE
WHO WANTS TO GIVE BACK AS IT
RELATES TO THIS PARTICULAR
EFFORT AND THE PLIGHT OF
MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES THAT WE
EXPERIENCE AROUND THE CLOCK
EVERY DAY.
CATHOLIC CHARITIES IS A GREAT
ORGANIZATION THAT ALWA SAYS
IT IS ON THE SCENE IN RESPONSE.
SO HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS, WE
HAVE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE TO GO.
YOU CAN AGAIN FIND THAT
INFORMATION ON SA CRD DOT ORG,
SACRED ADORED THE CENTER FOR
REFUGEE SERVICES ARE SO MANY
DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS
INVOLVED WITH THE RESPONSE TO
SOMETHING
LIKE THIS. AND AND THAT
RESPONSE IS NOT JUST SPECIFIC
TO ONE INCIDENT, BUT AS AN AS
AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET INVOLVED
AND HELP WITH THE HUMANITARIAN
RELIEF THAT’S NEEDED BY OUR
COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE WHO
ARRIVED TO OUR COMMUNITY ALMOST
ON A DAILY BASIS.
>> YOU KNOW, STEVE TOUCHED ON
THIS A LITTLE BIT BY MENTIONING
UVALDE, BUT IT HAS BEEN SUCH A
IT’S BEEN A HEAVY LAST MONTH
FOR SO MANY OF US HERE IN SOUTH
TEXAS. AND I REMEMBER AFTER
THE SHOOTING IN UVALDE, YOU
MENTION YOUR FRUSTRATION THAT
LOCAL OFFICIALS CAN ONLY REACT
TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THEY
CANNOT DO SOMETHING TO PREVENT
IT IN TERMS OF CREATING POLICY
LEGISLATION. YOU HAVE THOSE
SIMILAR FEELINGS AFTER WHAT
HAPPENED LAST NIGHT
>> I DO. AND YOU KNOW, THAT’S
UNFORTUNATELY THE SITUATION
THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN WITH
THIS CONSTANT GRIDLOCK AT THE
CONGRESSIONAL LEVEL. WE NEED
IMMIGRATION REFORM AND THAT’S
THE REFRAIN THAT YOU’VE HEARD
NOW FOR 30 PLUS YEARS. AND WE
SEE THE MANIFESTATION OF AN
ACTION IN THE TRAGEDIES THAT
UNFOLD AND OUR STREETS. BUT
OURS IS NOT TO ASK WHY OURS
IS ASKED IS TO ASK HOW WE CAN
HELP SAN ANTONIANS ALWAYS
RESPOND TO PEOPLE IN NEED AND
WE WILL KICK AGAIN DO WHAT WE
DO IT, WHICH IS TO ACT WITH
COMPASSION AND HELP PEOPLE IN
THEIR TIME OF GRIEF IN NEED.
YOU KNOW, IT IS IT IS A TRUTH.
BUT IN THIS COUNTRY, OUR
ECONOMY IS BUILT ON A
FOUNDATION THAT DEPENDS ON
MIGRANT LABOR. AND, YOU KNOW,
UNTIL A FEDERAL LAWMAKERS
RECOGNIZE THAT AND WORK TO TO
ADDRESS THE THE INADEQUACIES
OF OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM, ITS
LOCAL COMMUNITIES LIKE OURS
THAT ARE GOING TO FEEL THE
CONSEQUENCES.
>> YOU’VE ASKED COMMUNITY
MEMBERS TO A LOWER THEIR IN
HONOR OF THE LIVES THAT WERE
LOST YESTERDAY. IT IS THE CITY
ALSO ACTIVELY TRYING TO HELP.
SOME OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS
THAT WERE OUT THERE. I’M
THINKING OF A POLICE EMS, FIRE
DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS OUT THERE
JUST TO MAKE SURE.
THAT THEY ARE OK AFTER
WITNESSING WHAT THEY SAW OUT
THERE LAST NIGHT.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THOSE EFFORTS
BEGAN LAST NIGHT IN AND, YOU
KNOW, OUR HOOD AND CHIEF
MCMANUS WERE BOTH
WELL AWARE THAT THE SITUATION
THAT WAS ENCOUNTERED BY BY
THEIR TEAMS, BY THEIR FIRST
RESPONDERS IS TRAGEDY BEYOND
IMAGINE NATION. AND YOU THEY
ARE USED TO SAYING.
SOME REALLY DIFFICULT
SITUATIONS. BUT, YOU KNOW,
SEEING WHAT TOOK PLACE LAST
NIGHT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT
MANY TRAINING CAN REALLY HURT.
PERFECT FOR PREPARE YOU FOR.
AND SO WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT OUR OUR FIRST
RESPONDERS, OUR POLICE
OFFICERS, OUR OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
>> OUR EMS UNIT SAID THAT DO
ENCOUNTER AND DO HAVE TO DEAL
WITH THESE SITUATIONS, GET THE
SUPPORT AND COUNSELING THAT
THEY MIGHT NEED TO TO COPE WITH
WHAT THEY’VE BEEN THROUGH.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THIS
WEBSITE RIGHT, BECAUSE I’M NOT
SURE WE HAVE IT RIGHT ON THE
SCREEN RIGHT NOW. MISTER
MERRITT.
>> C R D DOT ORG. YEAH, BUT NO,
NO. CRD DOT ORG. SACRED DOT
OG IS A WEBSITE THAT IS A
COLLECTION OF COMPENDIUM OF
NONPROFITS AND ORGANIZATIONS
THAT CARE AND PROVIDE FROM, YOU
KNOW, THE RIP OFF THE BALL, THE
RELIEF EFFORTS TO THE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE DEPEND
ON EVERY DAY THAT WE MIGHT TAKE
FOR GRANTED THAT YOU CAN GET
INVOLVED IN 3 VOLUNTEER YOUR
TIME DONATIONS OR IF YOU’RE IN
NEED OF HELP. YOU CAN ALSO FIND
RESOURCES THERE ON THAT WEB
SITE TO TO LEARN ABOUT. YEAH,
I’M LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
I MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, ALL
KINDS OF THINGS. IT’S A IT’S
JUST A GOOD WEB SITE TO KNOW.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME, MISTER MAYOR. YEAH,