Those who have been displaced select wasnt of some of the governor had to say. Its select wasnt of some of the governor had to say. Governor had to say. Its a heartbreaking governor had to say. Its a heartbreaking day, governor had to say. Its a | heartbreaking day, without governor had to say. Its a i heartbreaking day, without a doubt. What we think that has been catastrophic but we tell you there is going to be a team effort to bring our state back. What we saw was the utter devastation of lahaina. We walked from end to end today as a team, mayor bessant for the county, Senator Schatz, federal level and myself, plus all of our teams and what we saw was likely the largest Natural Disaster in hawaii state history. You will recall in 1960 we had one year into statehood a tsunami that hit and took 61 lives on the big island. We are seeing loss of life here. As you know, the number has been rising and we will continue to see but we have extraordinary professionals working on the job. We
what about what people actually need when they are coming to the shelter and how is the shelter being run because as i understand it in some of these shelters, a lot of volunteers of course taking part and really a sense of all hands on deck here. really a sense of all hands on deck here- deck here. that s right, the ymca has deck here. that s right, the ymca has been deck here. that s right, the ymca has been helping - deck here. that s right, the j ymca has been helping and deck here. that s right, the - ymca has been helping and lots of others, government agencies, tons of volunteers who are coming, dropping off fruit, lots of freshly cut fruit, saw a man with a bunch of bananas over his shoulder. another traditional hawaiian treats like shaved ice and offering acupuncture and massage but people do have to bring their own bedding and many people don t have that so there is also charitable clothing and pillows, sheets and anything people need, they are sleeping on air mattresses
behave myself. i ll be a good girl. but please come get me because i m alone. and, you know, she s here going through an asylum claim of her own and is in a legally precarious place, particularly now the aunt? the aunt. and so she s sort of at a loss of what to do and how to help. so she s still there, the six-year-old? the six-year-old is now in a shelter being run by health and human services, so she s out of the border patrol facility. i want to bring in now dr. alan shapiro. dr. shapiro is a pediatrician in and the cofounder of terra firma, a health care that provides justice for children. doctors, welcome to the program. you heard that awful audio, and i m so emotional. i hate to be this emotional because i want to get the story out. i don t want to detract from it. but the children that had been
you called the nerm and spoke to the child s aunt. what did she say? she talked about how terrifying it was for her to get a call from her 6-year-old niece, after having traveled a month from travel america through mexico, across the border. the little girl was crying and saying, you know, aunt, i ll behave myself, i ll be a good girl but please come get me because i m alone. and she s, you know she s we re going through an asylum claim after her own and is in a legally precarious place, particularly now the aunt? the aunt. she s at a loss of what to do and how to help. so she s still there? the 6-year-old. the 6-year-old is now in a shelter being run by health and human services. she s out of the border patrol
houston still as a rescue operation. what that means is that people are still being rescued at th hois ho hour. they are signing up at the intake tables you see behind me and are asked basic questions, do they have insurance, were they able to salvage important documents. then they walk in to my right. once they go in there, they ll see cots where they can sleep. they have warm food. they also have a section for children. there s about 300 volunteers that have signed up already. this is a shelter being run by a non-profit organization called baker ripley. they say their website was so inundated with volunteers, chris, that they are still trying to grapple with that. like you had mentioned before, while we re seeing the worst of mother nature, we are seeing the best of people here in houston. best of human nature, rosa.