and that is difficult because you hurt. you hurt for the people who have lost so much and there s just no easy path out of this and you have to be prepared for this long road. reporter: that is such an underestimate there. a long road indeed. what we ve seen is that the city of joplin and city of tuscaloosa are linked not just in tragedy but in charity as well. there was actually a charity fund-raiser going on in joplin for tuscaloosa at the time that the tornado hit there. and take a look at this video. this happened today. a truck load of aid from alabama now arriving in joplin. i talked to so many people here about the things they have learned about their fellow man and it all goes back to charity and generosity that they have seen as they try to put their lives back together and one thing, one bit of advice that several people tell me to give to the people of joplin from
on it. we believe there was a fire. we re trying to get details. passengers had to be evacuated. scary moments obviously but apparently there are no injuries. just a few minutes ago we did watch a bus transport passengers from that plane to the delta terminals here in atlanta. we want to bring in on the phone, you were in a hotel that overlooks the runway as i m told. can you tell us exactly what you saw? caller: we were just out on the balcony of our hotel that overlooks the runway and we were just watching planes come in and then after one landed there was a big boom and just a line of smoke and then it looks like it turned off the runway and then the fire got a lot bigger. and then fire trucks went over and they started evacuating everybody. did you see any need for any ambulance or anything like that? caller: a bunch of ambulances and fire trucks went to it. i don t know if they needed them or just because of the fire. okay. thank you so much for that eyewitness a