is nothing compared to what southwest florida woke up to today. shreve seeflorida woke un house others carried away by brutal storm . carried away by brutal storm surge surge and debris, including cars ending up in bays. in some circumstances, the destruction is almost unimaginable. circumstance steve harrigan, by the grace of god , rode out the storm as close to the impact zoneow as anyone else. and tonight we find him inrigh placita, which is right acrossci the causeway connecting i the barrier island of bocasl grande. steve , you ve seen some justrii horrific destruction.de what can youstruct telion, whatc how the search and rescue attempts areue unfolding in the dark? there? ar they are going on . they are continuous. h they ve carried ouavt more than seven hundred rescues and they really got started just aftether 1:00 o clock in the morning.as o as soon as the winds die down belomow forty miles per hour, they were out there really risking their lives to try to save
wow. you got the video? i got it. here it is. oh, man. that s our pool. that s our deck. that was my house. my house is gone. jesse: a fox news alert, one of the largest search and rescue missions in american history is underway after hurricane ian decimated moving up the east coast. governor ron desantis says the situation is really bad. the amount of water that s been rising, will likely continue to rise today, even as the storm is passing, is basically a 500-year flood event. jesse: first responders are working around the clock. hundreds have been rescued since the storm hit. here s nassau county deputies saving two people stranded on a sailboat in the storm. hold on, hold on! hold! jesse: on the other side of the state, naples firefighters rescued a woman trapped in floodwaters. watch. jesse: it s all hands on deck. we re seeing the best side of people come out in the face of tragedy. a good samaritan used his jet ski to help firefighters with rescue
begin to assess just how many lives have been lost. the high waters, homes, buildings and roads ripped apart, ongoing search and rescue missions, and the damage is not just along the coast. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start with the first look at the death and devastation left behind by hurricane ian across southwest and central florida. this same system first made landfall in cuba then onto florida s west coast. now ian is about to strengthen and make its third landfall. let s show you what ian has done already. this is fort myers beach this morning. chunks of metal and trees thrown across the streets, buildings ripped apart, cars destroyed a. resident who has lived there his entire life said this is the worst hurricane he s lived through. bear islands have been cut off near ft. myers. all the bridges have failed and massive sections of the sanibel causeway were washed away by the storm surge, severing the only connection they have to the florida mainland. s
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