fatality rate very low. kudos to them. john: you jumped in as first responders always do. chief thanks for joining us, appreciate it. i know you still have a lot of work ahead of you. have a good day. john: jackie griffin from the zion expedition daycare center, a number of children and adults were rescued from that. jackie, take us back to the time the food waters rose around you. what was it like and what did you have to do? we had just gotten back from a field trip and once we got in, it was quiet time, the kids were laying down asleep, it was raining, i looked out, saw my car had submerged underwater but i did not think the water would come inside the building, and about two minutes later like water just started gushing in the building. so my staff and i got all the kids up and inside the sanctuary
to try to keep them safe from the water. sandra: jackie, how were the kids doing? what were you able to do to get them out? so my staff, we just kind of moved them really quickly over to the sanctuary. they were crying, they were scared, so we did our best to keep them calm. i immediately started reaching out to parents and immediately called 911 to try to get some help on the way. john: you know, jackie, typically when it rains we take a look and say it s raining or raining hard. you looked out the window and said oh, my god, my car is underwater. had you ever seen anything like that before? i had never seen anything like that but i still didn t think the water would come inside of the building, so by the time i turned my back t walk away, the water started pouring in. so it was it was crazy. sandra: jackie, everybody will have their own stories from
this. you are probably reaching out to your own friends and family to make sure they are okay. have you been able to account for everyone in your family? i have. i made sure all the kids were safe. we actually went to the white castle right around the corner for shelter because it was still raining and they were actually closed, but they allowed us to come in and the parents were able to pick their kids up, so everyone was accounted for, everyone was safe and i have been in contact with my family since yesterday. john: jackie, when you think about ports in a storm, white castle is not a bad one to hang out in. glad everybody is safe and congratulations for doing the right thing as the water was coming in. sandra: losses in las vegas were not measured in cash, but in flooded buildings and totalled cars as a monsoon hit