for these families. many of the men and women who responded have children of their own. eric: absolutely. we certainly second that paraded you mention new york s bravest, the firefighters were seeing video right now attend to some victim in that fire. tell us about what it is like? we are in the fire company are called to the situation the mayor even said some of the firefighters ran out of oxygen in their oxygen tanks. they went back in. these are the most bravest, courageous people we have in this country. the first line, first responders who risked their lives to help their fellow citizens. to be honest with you when you show up on a fire, no two fires are the same. our guidelines for fighting fires are exactly that, they are guidelines. you never know what you re going to encounter when you show up. i am not surprised to hear the members that work for the fire department and the city of new york went back in, even
miss gibson if you can hear me, first i want to acknowledge our heartfelt condolences and support as we report on this horrible tragedy. if you could tell us about the community there at the twin parks building? i am first and foremost absolutely devastated. my heart is breaking for so many residents and families whose lives have been changed all because of this fire this morning. i want to send condolences to those who lost their lives including those precious children, our babies. i m here on the scene now convening a meeting with the elected officials and city agencies. it is just devastating for this is a working-class building, many immigrant families, families from west africa from latin communities, african-american committees, older residents many have lived there for many, many years longtime residents. getting this awakening early sunday morning there s a fire in your building, people were
more on the fire throughout our newscast let s move onto some other stories now. and chicago public school students there will not be going back to classrooms tomorrow. the standoff is continuing to to the teachers union and the city. classes have been canceled since wednesday after a majority of the teachers union members voted to return to remote learning because of the search of, chronic cases in chicago. mayor lori lightfoot has been slamming the teachers union sing the best, safest place for the kids is to be back in school. with the chicago s teacher did was an illegal walkout they abandon their posts in the abandoned kids and their families. we can get a deal done at this goodwill on both sides. but fundamentally what we cannot do is abandon the science. charles watson now at the very latest that there s going to be school tuesday does not look like at high charles recollects look at the two sides do not come to an agreement quickly they are looking a fourth may be even
people found all over the building suffering from severe smoke inhalation heart and respiratory respirators the commissioner talk about the tragedy listen. what i do know and we have stressed this over and over the door to that apartment was left open causing the fire to spread and the smoke to spread which is always a problem for us. as we see here by the broken windows throughout the building, this fire took its toll on our city. now mayor eric adams is out at the scene he speaking as a family search for their loved ones trying to find out what hospital they were taken too. the mayor heartbroken, listen. this is one of the worst fires we have witnessed. once again at least 19 people
i was devastated to be honest i just want to make sure all of my people are safe a big part of my family already. something we have never been through before. thank god we are safe, you know? fire crews are still out here in the bronx trying to figure out exactly how the blazes start up or they believe it s concentrated on the second and third floor that is what mostly had serious, serious damage. hearing from people and 12, 13, 14 floors and of their apartments were full of that black smoke. that things spread rapidly through the building. as we heard from the fire commissioner said one of the units for the fire started the door was left open which ended up having this fire spread at an even faster pace. it s unbelievable to see if the fire crews were able to do. they re still evacuating hundreds of people that live inside. the mayor saying this is one of the worst fires he has witnessed during the modern times here in new york city. still working to get as many