furious pace by boat and from the air. you see this customs and border protection chopper landing right behind me. i think they re going to get some maintenance done right now. we were riding along with them as you mentioned earlier. we just landed a short time ago and i can tell you that they are running these missions rapid fire and really at significant risk to the pilots, the agents, and the choppers themselves. talk about that in a second. but let s show you some of the aerial footage first. this is incredible to see from the air because it really gives you a scope of the devastation. from the perspective that we gos on for as far as the eye can see. the flooding goes up to the roofs of some houses, entire streets, entire neighborhoods are under water. i mean, forget trying to travel over road on some of these streets. there are roads and highways closed as far as you can see. the aerial views really give you a perspective of the damage. now, we rescued, in three different mission
towers, radio and tv towers that have wires that extend from them at a 45 degree angle so those present hazards to the pilots as well because they ve got to fly low enough to stay under the cloud cover and when you re flying that low, you run the risk of running into a tower, brooke. so again, they re doing these missions rapid fire. they ve rescued hundreds of people. they re going to do it around the clock and it s being done at great risk to these agents and pilots. what about the agents and pilots? you know, when you talk about the rapid fire pace and texas is so grateful for them and they need them, are they able to cycle in and out? are they getting the rest they need? you know, they re really not. what we re being told is they have about 25 agents manning, i think, 6 or 7 different choppers and they re working around the clock. i did ask about the exhaustion factor and he said one of the agents told me you know what? we really don t think about that until the end of the day.