Only by helicopter and surveillance but as you can see, on foot and by rescue boats as well. Just a few moments ago a live reporter watching as rescuers brought out a small baby, a child, and an elderly woman all at the same time. Were going to be listening in throughout the next few moments. Lets hear whats happening now. Reporter every time there is a major emergency and these guys are just stepping up and women stepping up to the plate. Let me see if i can get somebody gentlemen, can you sorry. Actually just trying to figure out if theres more coordinated effort. Let me walk over one more time in the staging area and show you some of the faces here, mike, if we can over in the area with some of the people who are waiting here to be rescued should i say to be taken away and find emergency shelter. You know, theres a woman who is just standing there with the one we saw earlier with her dog and her little bag and she looks so cold. And, you know, as we said earlier, the People Holding
Only by helicopter and surveillance but as you can see, on foot and by rescue boats as well. Just a few moments ago a live reporter watching as rescuers brought out a small baby, a child, and an elderly woman all at the same time. Were going to be listening in throughout the next few moments. Lets hear whats happening now. Reporter every time there is a major emergency and these guys are just stepping up and women stepping up to the plate. Let me see if i can get somebody gentlemen, can you sorry. Actually just trying to figure out if theres more coordinated effort. Let me walk over one more time in the staging area and show you some of the faces here, mike, if we can over in the area with some of the people who are waiting here to be rescued should i say to be taken away and find emergency shelter. You know, theres a woman who is just standing there with the one we saw earlier with her dog and her little bag and she looks so cold. And, you know, as we said earlier, the People Holding
Only by helicopter and surveillance but as you can see, on foot and by rescue boats as well. Just a few moments ago a live reporter watching as rescuers brought out a small baby, a child, and an elderly woman all at the same time. Were going to be listening in throughout the next few moments. Lets hear whats happening now. Reporter every time there is a major emergency and these guys are just stepping up and women stepping up to the plate. Let me see if i can get somebody gentlemen, can you sorry. Actually just trying to figure out if theres more coordinated effort. Let me walk over one more time in the staging area and show you some of the faces here, mike, if we can over in the area with some of the people who are waiting here to be rescued should i say to be taken away and find emergency shelter. You know, theres a woman who is just standing there with the one we saw earlier with her dog and her little bag and she looks so cold. And, you know, as we said earlier, the People Holding
Sandy. When we all opened our eyes this morning after experiencing firsthand the unrelenting power of last nights recordbreaking hurricane, the more than light revealed unimaginable destruction in sandys wake. Make no mistake about it. This was a devastating storm, maybe the worst that we have ever experienced. The level of devastation at the jersey shore is unthinkable. The death toll tonight, at least 30 people have died across eight states. Nearly 8 Million People in the northeast and the mid atlantic are without power tonight, and the estimated costs of the storm, and its only fair to say, this is only preliminary, given that the destruction is still being evaluated. Right now were already looking at as much as 20 billion, and that is only for lost business and Property Damage. The destruction is not over, because look at this picture. This is new jersey. Floodwaters have turned neighborhoods into islands there. For many people, the only way out is by boat. Of course, there has bee
Downed power liens started this fire. The big problem for the firefighters, a lack of water appreciate your. 50 homes have burned to the ground. Two dozen more are in the process of burning. We are following the story for you as the day continues. Well have more information on that. More to tell you about, including floods and Power Outages. New york city brought to its knees in a large way. Superstorm sandy was an epic weather event, many people are calling it. Millions of lives have been disrupted now. A transformer explosion happened at a con ed plant about 15 blocks from where im standing right now. What that has done is put basically this neighborhood in Lower Manhattan completely in the dark. They were concerned about this transformer so theyve shut it off as well. That has plunged tens of thousands, people here but more than 600,000 people across new york and into Westchester County are without power today. Backup generator failed at nyu langone Medical Center, probably about 35