now, two occupants in the hospital, potentially there are three total, according to faa. we still do not have that confirmed as of yet. the video itself, only about 17 seconds long in total. and it s about 8 seconds when you watch that helicopter go, and it s every second counting here. and if you do take a look at it, as it hits the ocean, it appears to miss people in the water. we looked really closely at this video, but real close, right? and here s what an eye-witness told you just a little while ago. we had to play it again. well, i m actually in south beach right now on a vacation, and we were in the water with, you know, probably somewhere around 100 to 200 people, and my brother-in-law looked at me and said, hey, look up, watch out, and we look over and about 30 to 50 yards from us is a helicopter
we re going to stay with that and watch that helicopter go in and then they are going back out. there are several naval helicopters and many coast guard helicopters and the national guard, 12,000 national guard troops in texas have been activated since monday. they ve got helicopter as well. there are a lot of helicopter rescues and boat rescues going on right now. we ll stay with that. joining me on the phone is pam alfred who s stuck in a bowling alley surrounded by water with 300 more people in port arthur. you heard bill karins saying that port arthur is in a bit of a worse situation than beaumont is right now. how long have you been at the bowling alley and tell me what the situation is? i ve been at this bowling alley since about 10:30 last night. what s the situation there? well, there s about 300 people here, if not more.
sense of where the closest medical facility is? we ve been talking about this focus on this very densely wooded area. is there a hospital that s nearby where he can be treated or would they actually have a helicopter or something in place right there to get him to where he needs to be? i don t know exactly. i m not familiar with that area. i will tell you the medics they have on the teams are highly skilled working with gunshot wounds and they re very highly trained. as far as helicopter go there are probably more police helicopters in that area right now than anywhere else in the united states. i m sure they re going to do everything they can to get him to a hospital as fast as possible. we want to bring in gene. i understand you have new information. yes, we re standing right outside a medical center in the town of malone. obviously upstate new york. and we re actually driving on state route 30 toward constable
good political battle. they are flying as the fact checkers work overtime. and a top united nations official now says syria is in a full-scale civil war, even as a u.n. report accuses the damascus regime of torturing children and using them as human shields. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. you don t often see a cabinet member subjected to such a harsh grilling. the attorney general eric holder on the hot seat facing republicans furious over a litany of complaints. he held his ground against calls for his resignation. dana watched it all unfold. a botched gun-running designation known as fast and furious to a republican call for an independent investigation into leaks classified leaks, i should say, eric holder knew this wasn t just going to be a regular oversight hearing. he knows he s in congress cross hairs. but what happened was a political food fight. most republicans were tough on the attorney general, but nothing compared to this. there has be
you ve been in some of the most inhospitable terrain in the world. i have a helicopter go down all i have is a bullet proof vest and i m out of breath climbing up 40 feet. you guys are up there with 60, 80 pound packs and you guys are amazing. i m in awe of the job you do. in awe of the job you do. [ applause ] [ cheers and applause ] as i said back in february i want to thank you families. you know, they made sacrifices as well. those intangible sacrifices. those missed births and missed birth days and missed graduation and missed funerals. just being missed. just not having you home. a famous poet by john milton, they also serve who only stand and wait.