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welcome back, everyone to a fox & friends christmas. nearly two months after hurricane sandy destroyed homes and lives, the images are still shocking, but, out of the destruction there were stories of amazing sacrifice. in queens, new york, two sisters organized hundreds of volunteers to help those stranded, long before fema and the red cross even could arrive. over in brooklyn, 18 staff members at the brooklyn aquarium risked their own lives to save the lives of those that they loved so much, the animals. the people you are about to meet embodied the true spirit of christmas. they are sisters jamie and jill jordan. and john dolland, director of the new york city wildlife conservation society. and they are my guest. so great to see all three of you. thank you. it s such a true christmas story in the wake of the destruction that we went through here on the east coast with the hurricane. john, let me start with you. you, amongst 18 other staffers
the new york city wildlife conservation society. and they are my guest. so great to see all three of you. thank you. it s such a true christmas story in the wake of the destruction that we went through here on the east coast with the hurricane. john, let me start with you. you, amongst 18 other staffers at this aquarium, you stayed there when you probably should have gone home to take care of maybe your other families but you stayed there for the animals. right. well, you have to understand everybody who works at the new york aquarium works there because they love animals. they are comifted to wildlife and comilted to caring for these animals. even though it was a voluntary situation for all of us, we really felt like we had no choice. gretchen: what were. so dangers that you were facing as the storm came bearing down. it sits on 14 acres right on the atlantic. we were worried about the animals obviously but we were taken by surprise by the extensive flooding that occurred. s
television really paid off this in this case. tell us how you came together and how you ended up you a auditioning for america s got talent. my wife always watched the reality shows and i thought it would be interesting to put country and classical music together. these are two of my best friends and they do a little bit of everything and we gave it a shot. you certainly do a little bit of everything, marcus. it describes you as combining country, gospel, classical and broadway. how do those things merge so well together? wow, john. somehow it does. we love country and we love classical we are all three classical trained but we have country background and we love broadway. we love gospel music, you know. we are able to combine those and put on an entertaining show. your popularity has grown around the world, john. what was the time that you sat there and said wow, our lives have really changed when you have twitter followers facebook fans in country every
the new york city wildlife conservation society. and they are my guest. so great to see all three of you. thank you. it s such a true christmas story in the wake of the destruction that we went through here on the east coast with the hurricane. john, let me start with you. you, amongst 18 other staffers at this aquarium, you stayed there when you probably should have gone home to take care of maybe your other families but you stayed there for the animals. right. well, you have to understand everybody who works at the new york aquarium works there because they love animals. they are comifted to wildlife and comilted to caring for these animals. even though it was a voluntary situation for all of us, we really felt like we had no choice. gretchen: what were. so dangers that you were facing as the storm came bearing down. it sits on 14 acres right on the atlantic. we were worried about the animals obviously but we were taken by surprise by the extensive flooding that occurred. s