FEW WEEKS. INSURANCE, THE FAMILIES ARE SAFE. NOW WE’RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT
INSURANCE FOLKS AND WE’LL BE
WORKING WITH YOU ON THAT.
LET’S GO OUT TO THE HEAD OUT
TO ERIC BENET KID. HE’S IN
ORANGE COUNTY WITH THE
NATIONAL GUARD. ERIC, YOU HAVE
BEEN ALL OVER. YOU SEE
FLOODING.
>> WHAT’S GOING ON RIGHT NOW
OUT THERE?
>> YEAH, I CRYSTAL A MIC. THE
NATIONAL GUARD IS FINISHING UP
THEIR EVACUATION WERE ON LEE
ROAD JUST BY I-FOUR OFF TO MY
RIGHT. THIS IS BASICALLY AN
EXTENDED STAY MOTEL. AND LOOK
AT THIS. LOOK AT THIS OVER
HERE. ORANGE COUNTY FIRE
RESCUE HAS NOW JOINED IN.
THEY’VE BEEN USING THIS BOAT
THIS INFLATABLE. THEY TELL ME
OVER THE ORLOVISTA AREA. WE
SAW SOME PICTURES OF THAT OF
THAT EARLIER. PEOPLE STRANDED
IN THEIR HOMES. THEY ARE NOW
PUTTING THIS BOAT IN THE
WATER. YOU CAN ACTUALLY PUT
THE OUTBOARD MOTOR DOWN INTO
THE WATER BECAUSE IT’S NOT
QUITE DEEP ENOUGH IN SOME
SPOTS MAY BE 3 FEET OR SO. BUT
WHAT THEY’RE DOING IS WALKING
ALONGSIDE. WE SAW A WOMAN WITH
SPECIAL NEEDS JUST IN THE LAST
10 MINUTES OR SO. THEY GOT HER
OUT OF THE MOTEL AND THEN THEY
WALKED HER DOWN, HELPING HER
INTO THE BOAT VERY CAREFULLY.
AND THEN THEY WALKED THE VOTES
ACROSS THIS PARKING LOT IS A
PARKING LOT THAT IS ENTIRELY
UNDER WATER. AND THEN THEY
THEY BROUGHT HER RIGHT UP ON
THE GRASS HELPED HER. I MEAN,
ALMOST HELPED CARRY HER INTO
ONE OF THE THE WAITING CARS.
YOU SEE THE BUS OVER THERE,
TOO. SO THEY HAVE THESE BUSES
BECAUSE THEY’RE TAKING FOLKS
TO SOME OF THE SHELTERS
AROUND. WE’RE TOLD SOME OF
HIGH SCHOOLS ARE BEING USED AS
SHELTERS TO CARE FOR A LOT OF
THESE FOLKS LOOKS LIKE THEY’RE
DONE WITH THE BOAT TO PULLING
THE BOAT BACK UP ON THE
TRAILER. AND THEN I’M TOLD
THEY MOVE ON. THERE’S A LOT OF
SITUATIONS LIKE THIS ALL OVER
CENTRAL FLORIDA HERE WITH THE
NATIONAL GUARD WAS DOING. I
WAS ABLE TO WALK AROUND. I GOT
SOME VIDEO WITH MY CELL PHONE
THERE ARE PEOPLE ON THE TOP
FLOOR PEOPLE ON THE FIRST
FLOOR. PEOPLE ON THE FIRST
FLOOR. THEY STARTED GETTING
WATER COMING IN UNDER THEIR
DOORS.
>> ABOUT 4 O’CLOCK THIS
AFTERNOON, A COLD. SO. THEY
>> ABOUT 4 O’CLOCK THIS
AFTERNOON, A COLD. SO. THEY
CALLED FOR HELP BECAUSE THEY COULDN’T GET OUT. SO THE NATIONAL GUARD CAME AND
BROUGHT TRANSPORT VEHICLES AND
YOU SEE PEOPLE CARRYING ALL
KINDS OF STUFF. I MEAN, FOR
MANY OF THEM, THIS IS THEIR
LIVES. REMEMBER, LIKE I SAID,
THIS IS AN EXTENDED STAY MOTEL
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF HITS
HERE. I MEAN, SOME CASES, A
SMALL CHILDREN AND EVEN
BABIES. AND SO MY QUESTION TO
ONE OF THE GENTLEMAN WHO LIVES
HERE, HE ACTUALLY ENDED UP
WALKING OUT ON HIS OWN. BUT
IT’S A LOT OF THESE OTHER
PEOPLE AND NOT GET OUT ON
THEIR VERY EASILY. THE WOMAN I
WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH SPECIAL
NEEDS WHO NEEDED HELP. A LOT
OF THE PEOPLE WITH KIDS AND
STUFF. SO YOU COULD WALK IN A
PARKING LOT LIKE THIS. IF YOU
HAVE BOOTS, ALTHOUGH WHEN YOU
GET OVER THERE, I CAN TELL YOU
THE WATER IS UP HIGHER THAN
THE BOOTS.
>> AND SO THINK ABOUT A MOM
TRYING TO CARRY HER LITTLE
BABY THROUGH THIS PARKING LOT
OF LIKE I SAID, IT’S GOT ALL
KINDS OF YUCKY STUFF IN IT.
THEY WARNED US THE APARTMENT
MANAGER OVER HERE WARNED US
THAT THERE IS OIL AMONG OTHER
THINGS AMONG OTHER CHEMICALS.
AND PROBABLY LIKE I SAID
EARLIER, AMONG OTHER BACTERIA
HERE IN THIS WATER. SO THAT’S
WHY THEIR CHOICE REALLY IT
CAME DOWN TO WAITING FOR
SOMEONE TO COME GET THEM. AND
LIKE I SAID, THANK GOD FOR THE
NATIONAL GUARD AND THE ORANGE
COUNTY FIRE RESCUE BECAUSE
THEY ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
COMING TO GET PEOPLE RIGHT NOW
IN DIRE. MY CRYSTAL.
>> ERIC. SO WE SAW THAT THE
NATIONAL GUARD WAS OUT THERE.
AND YOU MENTIONED SOME PEOPLE
THAT WERE BEING EVACUATED HAD
SPECIAL NEEDS. DO YOU KNOW IF
ANYBODY NEEDED ANY MEDICAL
CARE OR IF THEY’RE BEING TAKEN
CARE OF BY? YOU KNOW, THOSE
MEDICAL SERVICES.
>> CRYSTAL, SO AS YOU SEE,
FIRE RESCUE IS OUT HERE. SO
THOSE ARE FIREFIGHTER
PARAMEDICS AS WELL. THEY ARE
TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE IF THEY
NEEDED. WE HAVE NOT SEEN
ANYONE TAKEN OUT ON A
STRETCHER OR NEEDING ANY SORT
A SPECIAL MEDICAL THERE WAS
ONE ELDERLY WOMAN. SHE WAS
BROUGHT OUT ON TO A WHEELCHAIR
AND THIS WAS TRICKY. SO YOU
SEE AGAIN, THE TRANSPORT
VEHICLE AT THE BACK OF THE
BUILDING THEY WERE ABLE TO IT
WAS A SPECIALIZED WHEELCHAIR.
LIFT HER UP AND PUT HER IN THE
BACK OF THAT CONVOY IN THE
VEHICLE. IT’S A SPECIAL
WHEELCHAIR WHERE KIND OF ROLLS
IT CAN ROLL VERTICALLY INTO
THIS VEHICLE ACTUALLY GOT SOME
VIDEOS ARE GOING TO TRY TO GET
THAT ON FOR YOU A LITTLE BIT
LATER. AND THEN THEY DROVE THE
VEHICLE OUT HERE TO WHERE IT’S
DRY. AND THEN THE WHOLE TEAM
OF THEM LIFTED HER UP INTO THE
AIR AND GENTLY LOWERED HER
DOWN ON TO THE GROUND. YOU’VE
GOT TO SEE THE PICTURE OF HER
FACE. SHE WAS JUST. SHE WAS
JUST SQUINTING HORIZON. IT
LOOKS LIKE ALMOST PRAYING THE
WHOLE TIME WAITING FOR THIS TO
BE OVER, OF COURSE, IS BEING
EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS. RAIN
IN HER FACE IT IT WAS IT WAS
MUST HAVE BEEN FOR HER
THINKING. THIS IS A MIRACLE
THAT, YEAH, PEOPLE ARE HERE
COMING TO GET ME THANKFUL FOR
THOSE MEN AND WOMEN OUT THERE
TO HELP RIGHT BEFORE YOU GO.
FIRST OF ALL, TREMENDOUS
REPORTING SOME OF THE BEST
WE’VE SEEN IN A LONG, LONG
TIME.
>> YOUR SENSE JUST FROM YOUR
VANTAGE POINT, HOW MANY PEOPLE
DO YOU THINK ARE IMPACTED? ARE
WE TALKING DOZEN 2 DOZEN AND
ARE THERE MORE TO COME? YOU’RE
TALKING. JUST HEAR MY YEAH
RIGHT THERE. ERIC, IN YOUR
VANTAGE POINT HERE.
>> RIGHT. SO THE NUMBER WE WAS
JEFF, WHAT 75? 74 75. ABOUT 20
MINUTES AGO, THEY TOLD US
RIGHT AROUND 75 PEOPLE THAT
THEY PULLED OUT JUST FROM THIS
APARTMENT. THERE ARE STILL
SEVERAL PEOPLE MORE INSIDE.
THAT’S ABOUT THE END OF IT.
BUT AGAIN, BETWEEN THE FOLKS
IN ORLOVISTA, SOUNDED LIKE
THEY WERE POSSIBLY HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE OVER THERE. AND THEN
AGAIN, WHEN THEY LEAVE HERE,
THE MOVING ON THERE ARE MORE
RESCUES. THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE
RIGHT NOW WAITING FOR HELP. WE
UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU’RE
WATCHING US ON TV RIGHT NOW,
HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE POWER.
YOU’RE WATCHING US ON YOUR
CELL PHONE. KNOW THAT THEY ARE
OUT HERE. THEY ARE WORKING FOR
YOU. THE NATIONAL GUARD IS
HERE. THEY’RE DOING EVERYTHING
THEY CAN TO GET TO YOU AND I
PROMISE YOU THEY WILL GET TO
YOU. AND WHEN THEY DO LIKE WE