rescue. that looks like a reporter from one of the fox affiliates there. are we going to toss to her, guys? we will get off of that, okay. heather: apparently there is water rescues going on in orlando right now. you are looking at a map right now where hurricane irma has now been downgraded to a category 1. but it continues to batter florida from coast to coast. todd: right now we are going to go live to griff jenkins. is he live in naples, florida, with the very latest from there. heather: wind and storm surge. griff, are you there? i am. i m here. it s a mess. let me just pick up real quickly though. you were saying water rescues in orlando just moments ago i was doing an affiliate hit with our wofl affiliate 35. and just to give you a perspective on how huge this storm is, it was literally 12 hours ago that the eye wall was pretty much coming right for me. now it s pounding up there in water rescues. this is a monster that has hit the area. here in naples it is
they were successful in doing just that. so a lot of people are, you know, praising this rescue attempt on social media, trying to heal so many good souls. looking out for human and animal neighbors during irma. chimed in saying thank you to all who are helping the animals affected by hurricane irma. now, despite the storm s devastating side effects. some people are just determined to go on with their lives. like these two rescue workers who were supposed to get married next week. they were instead sent to florida so they decided to get married yesterday in a rushed ceremony in their uniforms. here is why they decided to make that sacrifice. take a listen. service before self. take care of the citizens first before ourselves. heather: amazing story there that is lauren dunham and michael davis of the international guard. a lot of people are praising and thanking them on social media. todd and heather, back to
storm and so we can expect a very long clean up here in south florida from palm beach, broward and you know what, really, the entire state of florida, pretty unprecedented, guys. todd: bryan llenas live for us in miami. brian, stay safe. 38 minutes exactly after the hour. this morning we are commemorating the anniversary of 9/11. army veteran pete hegseth live at ground zero next. heather: plus the family who decided to ride out hurricane irma s wrath this video outside their home they join us live with a firsthand account up next i am totally blind. and non-24 can throw my days and nights out of sync, keeping me from the things i love to do. talk to your doctor, and call 844-214-2424. trusted battery for your son s favorite toy?t maybe not.
on the boat yesterday and they were getting ready to head out. you asked what happened to the number 1. that s number 2, right, jeff? i don t think he can hear me. they assured me that number 1 was not at the bottom of the gulf somewhere. so, that was a good sign, yes. heather: hopefully number 2 won t end up there either. thank you, jeff. thanks, guys. heather: time is 20 minutes after the top of the hour. commemorating the 16th anniversary of the terror attacks on 9/11. todd: coming up, talking to someone who responded to the world trade center on that day. here live next. thanks for loading, sweetie.
porcher. thank you so much for joining us. always a pleasure, heather. heather: discussing hard to believe it s been 16 years since 9/11. you were one of the first responders. you were working with some police recruits at the time. yes. i was a sergeant in the police academy at the time. and we mobilized a series of recruits for the search and recovery down at the world trade center. we look back at this. this was a watershed moment in terms of how the seismic shift in antiterrorism campaign has impacted on the united states. fortunately, we have a president as in donald trump who is a resident. he is a native new yorker. he looks at days like 9/11 as a historical place that we need to focus on as antiterrorism campaign and continue to rev it up in places like afghanistan and in iraq. heather: before we move on to that what about some of your personal thoughts on this day having been down there when it happened? well, it s interesting. because i wore two hats. at the time i was a