APPRECIATE YOU TALKING TO US. >> YEAH, NO PROBLEM. ALL RIGHT. WE’RE 20 WAY.
>> EVERYBODY ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS
ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE AND THE
NATION RIGHT NOW TRYING TO COME
TO GRIPS WITH WHAT HAS HAPPENED
IN UVALDE TODAY WHERE WE KNOW
THAT 14 CHILDREN HAVE BEEN SHOT
AND KILLED. ONE TEACHER INSIDE
OF ROB ELEMENTARY. THAT
INCLUDES A SAN ANTONIO MAYOR,
RON NIRENBERG. OBVIOUSLY, YOU
HAVE SENT OUT A STATEMENT TODAY
TALKING ABOUT YOUR THOUGHTS IN
THE AFTERMATH OF THIS AND OF
WE HAD PLANS TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT OTHER THINGS TODAY, OTHER
TOPICS, BUT THIS IS NOW WHERE
OUR HEADS AND OUR HEARTS ARE
TDAY. SO LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT
THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS
DOING BECAUSE
I KNOW THAT RESOURCES ARE BEING
SENT TO THE UVALDE COMMUNITY TO
HELP OUT.
>> IT’S IT’S CERTAINLY A SAD
DAY IN AMERICA. AND RIGHT HERE
IN SOUTH TEXAS. AND I I HEARD
STEVE SAID EARLIER.
THAT WE’RE WRAPPING OUR ARMS
AROUND YOUR BODY AS WE WOULD
IN MANY TRAGIC SITUATION.
THAT IS CERTAINLY THE CASE THE
MOMENTS THAT WE HEARD ABOUT
THE EMERGENCY AND SO SAPD SWAT
UNITS AS WELL OUR EAGLE AND
BOMB SQUAD AND HAVE BEEN OUT
THERE.
RIGHT NOW. CSI IS WORKING ON
THE INVESTIGATION.
TURNING OVER AND OVER ANYTHING
AND EVERYTHING TO THE TEXAS
RANGERS WHO ARE THE LEAD AGENCY
IN THE RESPONSE. BUT I THINK
THAT THE DAYS THAT WILL UNFOLD
HERE WILL REVEAL THEMSELVES AND
INTENSE TRAUMA THAT EVERYONE
IS EXPERIENCING, PARTICULARLY
THOSE FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN
YOU KNOW, HIT WITH THIS AND
THEN THE COMMUNITY AROUND THEM.
AND CERTAINLY PEOPLE WHO ARE
GRIEVING WITH THEM ALL ACROSS
THE COUNTRY AT THIS POINT.
AND WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE
READY TO DEAL WITH THAT.
AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF OUR
NONPROFIT HERE IN THE COMMUNITY
ARE OUR VERY INTEGRAL TO THAT
PROCESS TO THAT HEALING PROCESS
AND TO DEALING WITH
THE GRIEF. I DO WANT TO YOU
KNOW, CHILDREN’S BEREAVEMENT
CENTER IS ONE OF THOSE REALLY
IMPORTANT NONPROFITS THAT
DEAL WITH AND IN THE COMING
DAYS AND MONTHS, I’M SURE
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THAT WILL BE
CALLED UPON AND THERE WILL BE
PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR
MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND
ELSEWHERE TO TO ASSIST IN THAT
RESPONSE. WE KNOW THAT SAN
ANTONIO IS PLAYING A ROLE LIKE
YOU SAID, SAPD SENDING SUMMARY
RESOURCES DOWN THERE. WE KNOW
BEXAR COUNTY HAS.
>> BUT I’M
>> TOUCH THIS AFTERNOON BY
HOUSE AND TO SEEMS TO BE
RESPONDING TO THE NEED FOR
BLOOD,
AT IT. WE HAD OUR PATTY SANTOS
WHO WAS AT THE BLOOD AND TISSUE
CENTER AND THERE’S A LINE OUT
THE DOOR RIGHT NOW. YOU ARE
ALSO ASKING SOMETHING OF
CITIZENS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS
TO SHOW RESPECT AND HONOR THOSE
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES TODAY.
I MEAN, JUST LIKE MOST OF US
WHO HAVE CHILDREN, FIRST THING
WE DO, WE GO HOME AS WE AND OUR
CHILDREN. I DID THAT TONIGHT.
AND WHICH IS THAT THEY REMEMBER
THAT TIME. THERE’S A WHOLE
COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE OVER THERE
THAT THAT ARE ARE TRYING TO
DO THAT AND MANY CANNOT.
WE HAVE TO FOLKS TO GRACE AND
UNDERSTANDING TO KNOW WHERE
THEY ARE.
IN THE MOURNING PROCESS AND
WE JOIN THEM IN THAT. YOU KNOW,
I’M SURE THERE’S GOING TO BE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT A LOT OF
THINGS THAT MADE FROM THIS.
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE
CAN DO RIGHT NOW IS IS TO GIVE
OUR SHOULDERS TO LET YOU KNOW,
AND FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT
ARE MOST IMPACTED AND THE
FAMILIES THAT WILL NEVER BE
THE SAME BECAUSE OF THIS.
>> AND YOU’RE ASKING THAT FLAGS
THAT SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS, IF
THEY HAVE AN AMERICAN FLAG TO
TO POSTED AT HALF STAFF.
>> YEAH. WELL, YOU KNOW,
OBVIOUSLY 1 ONE AS THAT WE CAN
SHOW OUR SOLIDARITY WITH THE
COMMUNITY THAT’S IN GRIEF.
AND THIS IS AN AMERICAN
TRAGEDY.
>> NOT JUST ONE THAT’S FELT IN
SOUTH TEXAS ARE ALL THE WE
SHARE THE GRIEF.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE KNOW
WHERE WE STAND ON THAT, THAT
THAT THAT WE’RE GOING TO STAY
VIGILANT ANY WAY THAT WE CAN
HELP IN THE PROCESS. AND AND
AND THAT’S JUST ONE WAY THAT
WE CAN SURE SOLIDARITY WITH
UVALDE RIGHT NOW. BUT REALLY,
STEVE, I THINK YOU HIT THE NAIL
ON THE HEAD EARLIER WHEN I
HEARD YOU SAY THAT ANYTHING
THAT THAT COMMUNITY WE’RE GOING
TO EMBRACE THEM AND AND TRY
TO FILL TRY TO FILL THAT WHICH
WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO FILL
TOWED AWAY AND YOU’RE RIGHT,
MYRA. IT HEARTWARMING TO SEE
OUR COMMUNITY ASK ONCE HOW WE
CAN HELP.
>> YOU KNOW, WE’RE ALL PARENTS
HERE. AND I KNOW THAT WE’RE
THINKING ABOUT THAT
AND YOU TALK ABOUT HAVING TO
EXPLAIN THIS TO A CHILD.
I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU DO THAT.
BUT THOSE SERVICES THAT YOU
MENTIONED. IT’S NICE TO KNOW
THAT THERE IS HELP. THERE ARE
PLACES LIKE THE ECUMENICAL
CENTER. YES, THERE ARE PLACES
LIKE THE CHILDREN’S BEREAVEMENT
CENTER WHERE WE CAN GET HELP
AS WELL AS ADULTS TO TRY TO.
TO SHERRY RUN INFORMATION.
WE CAN.
>> AND THERE THERE REALLY IS
NO EXPLANATION. MYRA. I THAT’S
PART OF WHAT WE HAVE TO DEAL
WITH AS THIS UNFOLDS IS THAT
THERE’S THERE’S NO, THERE IS NO
EXPLAINING THIS TO A CHILD OR
AN ADULT.
AND THIS A TRAGEDY BEYOND
PROPORTIONS. IF YOU’RE ONE OF
THOSE FAMILIES. AND AND AND
THAT’S WHAT THEY’RE DEALING
WITH RIGHT NOW. AND AND WE HAVE
TO BE THERE TO DEAL WITH THAT.
A DEAL WITH THEM OR DEAL WITH
IT WITH THEM
SO HERE WE ARE
ONCE AGAIN.
>> YOU AND I WOULDN’T WANT MYRA
WAS TALKING THERE. I WAS
REMINDED OF SOME OF THE SIGNS
THAT I SAW IN SUTHERLAND
SPRINGS AFTER THE SHOOTING
AFTER THIS HORRIFIC THING
HAPPENED.
>> THAT THAT EVIL WILL NOT WIN
THAT LOVE.
>> IS STRONGER THAN THE EVIL.
AND THAT’S WHAT I’M THINKING,
ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU
WHEN YOU THINK OF WHAT HAS
HAPPENED TO THIS TOWN AND WHAT
IS THE BRINGS UP FOR SO MANY
OF US IT DOES IT. IT SHOULD
UNITE US AS A PEOPLE TO JUST IF
NOTHING THIS. WHAT HAPPENED
TODAY IS WRONG.
>> IT SHOULD. I HOPE IT AND YOU
KNOW THAT I WANT TO GET INTO
ALL I WANT TO GET INTO POLITICS
AND ALL THAT. I MEAN, IT’S JUST
LIKE WE NEED TO AND WE NEED TO
HELP IN WHATEVER WAY WE CAN
THIS COMMUTE. THAT’S RIGHT.
THAT’S RIGHT. AND THAT’S THE
ETERNAL TRUTH. IS THAT?
YOU KNOW, WE ARE UNITED IN
TRIUMPH AND AND AND WE REMAIN.
SO REGARDLESS OF THE DAYS AGO
BY AND IF WE CAN REMEMBER THAT,
YOU KNOW, EVENTS NO FURTHER
INTO THE THAT WOULD BE THE MOST
IMPORTANT PART OF THIS IS IS TO
UNDERSTAND THAT WE’RE WE’RE
STILL DEALING WITH STILL
DEALING WITH THESE TRAGEDIES
FROM 10 YEARS AGO.
AND WE NEED TO BE THERE FOR
EACH OTHER AS WE DO IT.
>> WE NEED TO BE THERE FOR EACH
OTHER. YEAH. AND ANYBODY
WATCHING THIS IN UVALDE, YOU
KNOW, I JUST OF COURSE WE’RE
HAVING THIS CONVERSATION WITH
YOU AS A LEADER HERE IN SAN
ANTONIO, WHERE HERE IN SAN
ANTONIO. BUT I KNOW WE WANT
PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT.
WE’RE HERE FOR THEM. WE’RE
GOING YOU KNOW, WILL ECHO THE
WORDS THAT YOU STARTED WITH
THAT STEVE DID AS WELL. WRAP
OUR ARMS AROUND UVALDE TO GET
ALL OF THROUGH THIS AS THERE
ARE SO MANY QUESTIONS AND SO
MANY EMOTIONS.
TO WADE IN THE YEARS TO COME
HERE. MAYOR, THANKS FOR FOR
BEING HERE. I’M ON A DAY LIKE
TODAY WITH US.
>> THANK YOU, GUYS. AND GOD
BLESS YOU BOTH.