
Hurricane rescue crews face 'more calls than capacity'
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Hurricane rescue crews face 'more calls than capacity.'
Hour by hour, the water keeps rising and rescuers keep going. To get a sense of the “astronomical” rescue and aid missions underway, Miles O’Brien talks with U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Commander Michael Attanasio, Houston Police Department Chief Art Acevedo and MaryJane Mudd of the American Red Cross.
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Hurricane rescue crews face 'more calls than capacity'
Clip: 8/28/2017 | 10m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
Hour by hour, the water keeps rising and rescuers keep going. To get a sense of the “astronomical” rescue and aid missions underway, Miles O’Brien talks with U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Commander Michael Attanasio, Houston Police Department Chief Art Acevedo and MaryJane Mudd of the American Red Cross.
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