six states that were annihilated, leveled. mayfield here which is ground zero to us, what was a 9/11 for me is now here in mayfield, kentucky. we are here with all new york city firefighters who drove here. we'll make a christmas party for the kids. they don't have a home anymore. we better make sure we take care of them as a country. >> dana: what have you witnessed in terms of the community spirit and cooperation there? last week when we were covering this we had reporters there on the ground we were quite moved by that and i'm sure that has deepened as the days go on and people start to realize they have this really long road back. >> well, i will tell you, today the spirits have been lifted because they've seen tunnel to towers foundation, 50 new york city firefighters and police officers came out here to help lift them through this, the darkest times. we're here with a lot of young